(HC) Lester v. CA Department of Corrections

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MARCELLO WILLIAM LESTER, Case No. 2:21-cv-01367-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

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, ECF No. 5 15 Respondent. RESPONSE DUE WITHIN TWENTY-ONE DAYS 17 18 On October 29, 2021, I screened petitioner’s petition for writ of habeas corpus, notified him that it failed to state claim, and granted him sixty days to file an amended petition. ECF No. 8. 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…