Collins

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 6 JANIE COLLINS, Case No. 19-cv-03614-VKD Plaintiff,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE

v. DISMISSAL SANTA CLARA VALLEY

TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY,

Defendant. a

Plaintiff Janie Collins filed the present action on June 21, 2019. Dkt. No. 1. On

v || November 26, 2019, the Court denied Ms. Collins’s request to lift the stay of discovery. Dkt. No.

17. Noting that the parties failed to conduct an in-person meeting required by General Order No. a 56, the Court also set new General Order No. 56 dates, including a January 24, 2020 deadline for

= Ms. Collins to file a Notice of Need for Mediation. Jd. That deadline has passed, and Ms. Collins

18 || has not filed a Notice of Need for Mediation. The Court possesses the inherent power to dismiss an action sua sponte “to achieve the 20 || orderly and expeditious disposition of cases.” Link v. Wabash R.R.…