Jones

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ISAAC JONES, JR., Case No. 22-cv-0640-BAS-BLM

Petitioner,

ORDER DISMISSING ACTION FOR

v. FAILURE TO SHOW CAUSE

DON BARNES,

Respondent. 16 On October 14, 2022, this Court ordered Plaintiff Isaac Jones, Jr. (“Plaintiff”) to show cause why his habeas action should not be dismissed for failure to comply with this Court’s Dismissal Order, which directed Plaintiff to file an amended petition (Dismissal Order, ECF No. 3). (Order to Show Cause (“OSC”), ECF No. 6.) This Court instructed Plaintiff he could show cause by filing such an amended petition by no later than December 9, 2022, and that failure to do so would result in dismissal of the action. (OSC at 3.) Petitioner still has not filed an amended petition. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure (“Rule”) 41(b) endows district courts with authority to dismiss a plaintiff’s action for his failure to prosecute or failure to comply with a court order,…