Love
Love v. Nguyen
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 SAMUEL LOVE, Case No. 5:20-cv-02072-EJD
Plaintiff, ORDER VACATING JUNE 17, 2021
STATUS CONFERENCE; ORDER TO
v. SHOW CAUSE WHY ACTION
SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED
DONG NGUYEN, et al., Defendants.
13 Plaintiff Samuel Love filed the present action on March 25, 2020. Dkt. No. 1. Defendants Dong Nguyen and Ngoc Dung Huynh filed an answer on June 3, 2020. Dkt. No. 11. Plaintiff filed the summons return on June 10, 2020. Dkt. No. 12. Plaintiff has taken no further action 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 June 21, 2021, and to appear before the Court on July 1, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. and show cause why this action should not be 22 …