Brazelton

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ERIC STRATFORD, Case No. 1:17-cv-00766-JDP

Plaintiff,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY THIS

v. CASE SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED FOR

FAILURE TO PROSECUTE AND FAILURE

PAUL D. BRAZELTON, et al.,

TO COMPLY WITH A COURT ORDER

Defendants.

THIRTY-DAY DEADLINE

14 Plaintiff Eric Stratford is a former state prisoner proceeding without counsel in this civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff’s complaint was screened on October 15, 2019, and plaintiff was ordered to respond within thirty days. ECF No. 20. Plaintiff, however, has filed neither a response to the screening order nor a first amended complaint. To manage our docket effectively, we impose deadlines and require litigants to meet those deadlines. When a plaintiff fails to comply with court-imposed deadlines, the court may dismiss the plaintiff’s case for failure to prosecute. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 41; Hells Canyon Pres. Council v. U.S. Forest Serv., 403 F.3d 683, 689 (9th Cir. 2005) (“[T]he consensus…