(PS) Grill v. United States of America
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAMES S. GRILL, Case No. 2:20-cv-00641-TLN-JDP (PS) Plaintiff, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY THIS
CASE SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED FOR
v. FAILURE TO PROSECUTE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, RESPONSE DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS Defendant. 16 On December 22, 2020, defendant1 filed a motion to dismiss. ECF No. 13. Plaintiff has not responded and the deadline to do so has now passed. Accordingly, the court will order plaintiff to show cause why this case should not be dismissed for failure to prosecute. The court will also grant plaintiff another opportunity to respond to the pending motion. To manage its docket effectively, the court imposes deadlines on litigants and requires litigants to meet those deadlines. The court may dismiss a case for plaintiff’s failure to prosecute or failure to comply with a court order. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b); Hells Canyon Pres. Council v. U.S. Forest Serv., 403 F.3d 683, 689 (9th Cir. 2005). …