1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 8 SCOTT JOHNSON, Case No. 18-cv-05881-VKD

9 Plaintiff,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY

10 v. ACTION SHOULD NOT BE

DISMISSED

11 GOLD TOUCH INVESTMENT SPE, LLC, et al., 12 Defendants.

13 14 Plaintiff Scott Johnson filed the present action on September 25, 2018. Dkt. No. 1. 15 Pursuant to the Court’s February 27, 2019 order, Mr. Johnson’s last day to file an administrative 16 motion requesting a case management conference was seven days after the mediation. Dkt. No. 17 24. According to the docket entry dated April 24, 2019, the parties’ deadline to complete 18 mediation was July 22, 2019. Mr. Johnson did not file a motion for a case management 19 conference, nor did he seek relief from that deadline. It is unclear whether a mediation ever took 20 place. 21 The Court possesses the inherent power to dismiss an action sua sponte “to achieve the 22 orderly and expeditious disposition of cases.” Link v. Wabash R.R. Co., 370 U.S. 626, 629–33 23 (1962). Mr. Johnson is directed to file a written response to this order by December 10, 2019 and 24 to appear before the Court on December 17, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom 2, Fifth Floor, 280 25 South First Street, San Jose, California 95113 and show cause why this action should not be 26 dismissed without prejudice for failure to prosecute. 27 /// 1 IT IS SO ORDERED. 2 Dated: December 4, 2019 3 4 Uniginia □ win, Au Maree

VIRGINIA K. DEMARCH

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