(PS) Brewer v. California State Bar
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TERRENCE BREWER, Case No. 2:23-cv-00860-TLN-JDP (PS) Plaintiff, v. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE CALIFORNIA STATE BAR, et al., Defendants. 16 On August 1, 2023, defendants filed a motion to dismiss plaintiff’s first amended complaint. ECF No. 14. To date, plaintiff has not filed a response to the motion. Under the court’s local rules, a responding party is required to file an opposition or statement of non-opposition to a motion no later than fourteen days after the date it was filed. E.D. Cal. L.R. 230(c). To manage its docket effectively, the court requires litigants to meet certain deadlines. The court may impose sanctions, including dismissing a case, for failure to comply with its orders or local rules. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b); E.D. Cal. L.R. 110; 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…