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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 6 RICK LE, Case No. 5:21-cv-07428-EJD Plaintiff, ORDER DISMISSING ACTION FOR

FAILURE TO PROSECUTE

v. TRANSAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE

COMPANY,

Defendant. This action was removed from Santa Clara County Superior Court to federal court on September 23, 2021, and service of process was effectuated soon thereafter. Dkt. Nos. 1, 5, 8, 14, 19. Plaintiff has taken no further action in the case since. On August 9, 2022, the Court issued an IS order to show cause why this action should not be dismissed for failure to prosecute and ordered Plaintiff to file a written response by August 18, 2022. Dkt. No. 26. The Court advised Plaintiff that if he failed to file a written response by the ordered deadline, the Court would dismiss the a action with prejudice. /d. at 1. Plaintiff did not file a written response by August 18, 2022. The Court possesses the inherent power to…