Navrrow
(PC) Smart v. Navrrow
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
AARON SMART, Case No. 1:20-cv-00144-JDP
Plaintiff,
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY THIS
v. CASE SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED FOR
FAILURE TO PROSECUTE, FAILURE TO
NAVRROW, et al.,
STATE A CLAIM, AND FAILURE TO
Defendants. COMPLY WITH A COURT ORDER
FORTY-FIVE DAY DEADLINE 15 Plaintiff Aaron Smart is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in this action. Plaintiff’s complaint was screened on April 9, 2020, and plaintiff was ordered to file a first amended complaint within sixty days. See ECF No. 14. Plaintiff has not yet done so. 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 among our sister circuits, with which…