(PS) Ly v. Amazon.com Services LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JACK LY, Case No. 2:23-cv-0323-DAD-JDP (PS) Plaintiff, v. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC, Defendants. 16 The court previously issued an order setting an initial scheduling conference for April 27, 2023, and directed the parties to file status reports by no later than April 13, 2023. ECF No. 3. Defendant timely submitted a status report. Plaintiff, however, failed to file his own status report. 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 its orders or local rules. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b); Hells Canyon Pres. Council v. U.S. Forest Serv., 403 F.3d 683, 689 (9th Cir. 2005); Carey v. King, 856 F.2d 1439, 1440-41 (9th Cir. 1988). Involuntary dismissal is a harsh penalty, but a district court has a duty to administer justice…