Woodard
Woodard v. San Mateo County Sheriff Department
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 EARNEST LEE WOODARD, Case No. 20-cv-06452-WHO
Plaintiff,
ORDER DISMISSING CASE FOR
v. FAILURE TO PROSECUTE
SAN MATEO COUNTY SHERIFF Re: Dkt. No. 18 DEPARTMENT, et al., 11 Defendants.
12 On November 30, 2020, defendants moved to dismiss pro se plaintiff Earnest Lee Woodard’s Complaint. Dkt. No. 15. Woodard failed to timely oppose the motion by December 14, 2020. Accordingly, on December 16, 2020, I issued an order to show cause for failure to prosecute and allowed Woodard to oppose the motion by January 6, 2021. Dkt. No. 18. Woodard has not filed an opposition or otherwise responded to my order. It is well established that district courts have sua sponte authority to dismiss actions for failure to prosecute or to comply with court orders. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b); Omstead v. Dell, Inc., 594 F.3d 1081, 1084 (9th Cir. 2010). In deciding whether to dismiss for failure to prosecute or comply with court orders, a district court…