1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 8 RHONDA WOODYATT, Case No. 22-cv-00021-VKD

9 Plaintiff,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY

10 v. ACTION SHOULD NOT BE

DISMISSED

11 WESTERN DENTAL SERVICES, INC., Re: Dkt. No. 10 Defendant. 12

13 14 Plaintiff Rhonda Woodyatt filed the present action on January 4, 2022. Dkt. No. 1. 15 Pursuant to General Order 56 and subsequent extension of the case management deadlines, Ms. 16 Woodyatt’s last day to file a notice of need for mediation was June 3, 2022. Dkt. No. 11. Ms. 17 Woodyatt did not file a notice of need for mediation, nor did she seek relief from the June 3 18 deadline. 19 A district court possesses the inherent power to dismiss an action sua sponte “to achieve 20 the orderly and expeditious disposition of cases.” Link v. Wabash R.R. Co., 370 U.S. 626, 629–33 21 (1962). Ms. Woodyatt is directed to file a written response to this order by June 27, 2022 and to 22 appear before the Court on July 5, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom 2, Fifth Floor, 280 South 23 First Street, San Jose, California 95113 and show cause why the Court should not reassign this 24 matter to a district judge with a recommendation that the action be dismissed without prejudice for 25 failure to prosecute.1 26 // 27 1 IT IS SO ORDERED. 2 Dated: June 21, 2022 3 □ 4

VIRGINIA K. DEMARCHI

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