Phillips
(HC) Wilson v. Phillips
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 STEVEN OMAR LARRY WILSON, Case No. 2:23-cv-01986-TLN-JDP (HC) 12 Petitioner, ORDER 13 v. TO SHOW CAUSE FOR PETITIONER’S
FAILURE TO PROSECUTE
14 BRYAN D. PHILLIPS, ECF No. 10 15 Respondent.
RESPONSE DUE WITHIN TWENTY-ONE
16 DAYS 17 18 On January 11, 2024, respondent filed a motion to dismiss. ECF No. 10. To date, 19 petitioner has not filed an opposition or statement of non-opposition. 20 To manage its docket effectively, the court imposes deadlines and requires litigants to 21 meet those deadlines. The court may dismiss a case for petitioner’s failure to prosecute or failure 22 to comply with its orders or local rules. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 41; Hells Canyon Pres. Council v. 23 U.S. Forest Serv., 403 F.3d 683, 689 (9th Cir. 2005) (“[T]he consensus among our sister circuits, 24 with which we agree, is that courts may dismiss under Rule 41(b) sua sponte, at least under 25 certain circumstances.”). Involuntary dismissal is a…