Cates

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JERRY WEST, JR., Case No. 2:21-cv-00410-KJM-JDP (HC) Petitioner, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY THIS

CASE SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED FOR

v. FAILURE TO PROSECUTE AND FAILURE

TO STATE A CLAIM

BRIAN CATES,

Respondent. 16 On April 26, 2021, I screened petitioner’s petition for writ of habeas corpus, notified him that the petition failed to state a cognizable federal claim, and granted him sixty days to file an amended petition. ECF No. 6. To date, petitioner has not filed an amended petition. To manage its docket effectively, the court imposes deadlines and requires litigants to meet those deadlines. The court may dismiss a case for petitioner’s failure to prosecute or failure to comply with its orders or local rules. 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 we agree, is that courts may dismiss under…