Schutza

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

9 SCOTT SCHUTZA Case No.: 3:20-cv-00575-AJB-WVG 10 Plaintiffs, ORDER: v. (1) DISMISSING THIS ACTION 13 8203 WINTER GARDENS LLC, a (2) DENYING THE MOTION TO California Limited Liability Company, et DISMISS AS MOOT al., (Doc. No. 5) Defendants. 17 On October 30, 2020, the Court issued Plaintiff an Order to Show Cause (“OSC”) why Defendants’ motion to dismiss should not be granted and why this action should not be dismissed for failure to prosecute. Plaintiff did not file a response to the OSC. For the reasons set forth, the Court dismisses this action for failure to prosecute and denies Defendants’ motion to dismiss as moot. I. LEGAL STANDARD Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b) grants district courts the authority to dismiss actions sua sponte for failure to prosecute or to comply with court orders. Link v. Wabash R.R. Co., 370 U.S. 626, 629–31 (1962) (“The power to invoke…