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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 SAMUEL LOVE, Case No. 5:20-cv-08691-EJD Plaintiff, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY

ACTION SHOULD NOT BE

v. DISMISSED AMBA L.L.C., W Defendant.

Plaintiff Samuel Love filed the present action on December 9, 2020. Dkt. No. 1.

v || Defendant Amba L.L.C. filed an answer and counterclaim on January 27, 2021. At Defendant’s O request, the Clerk of the Court entered default against Plaintiff on March 10, 2021. Dkt. Nos. 13, QO 14. There has been no activity in the case since.

The Court possesses the inherent power to dismiss an action sua sponte “to achieve the

orderly and expeditious disposition of cases.” Link v. Wabash R.R. Co., 370 U.S. 626, 629-33 || (1962). Plaintiff is directed to file a written response to this order by July 12, 2021, and to appear before the Court on July 22, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. and…