Batra

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BILL KECK, Case No. 1:19-cv-00910-JDP

Plaintiff,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY THIS

v. CASE SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED FOR

FAILURE TO PROSECUTE AND FAILURE

S. BATRA,

TO COMPLY WITH A COURT ORDER

Defendant.

THIRTY-DAY DEADLINE

14 Plaintiff Bill Keck is a civil detainee proceeding without counsel and without prepayment of fees in this civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff’s complaint was screened on December 2, 2019, and plaintiff was ordered to respond within thirty days. ECF No. 8. 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…