UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CIVIL MINUTES - GENERAL Case No. 2:18-cv-04877-MWFEF (SK) Date January 6, 2020 Title Alexander v. Davis et al.

Present: The Honorable Steve Kim, U.S. Magistrate Judge Connie Chung n/a Deputy Clerk Court Smart / Recorder Attorneys Present for Plaintiff: Attorneys Present for Defendants: None present None present Proceedings: (IN CHAMBERS) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE Under the Court’s Scheduling Order, the parties’ mandatory case status reports were due on December 20, 2019. (ECF 57). But as of this order, only Defendants have filed their separate status report. (ECF 59). Rule 16(f) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provides for the imposition of sanctions for the failure to obey a scheduling order, and Rule 41(b) provides for the involuntary dismissal of an action for failure to prosecute or obey a court order. “Disregard of the [scheduling] order would undermine the court’s ability to control its docket, disrupt the agreed-upon course of the litigation, and reward the indolent and the cavalier.” Johnson v. Mammoth Recreations, Inc.,

(9th Cir. 1992). The case status report is not an empty document; it is an indispensable tool in assessing how Plaintiff intends to prosecute the case and provides the Court with the necessary information needed to schedule court proceedings aimed at a merits disposition. See

(“A scheduling order ‘is not a frivolous piece of paper, idly entered[.]”” (citation omitted)). Therefore, Plaintiff is ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE in writing by no later than February 6, 2020, why this action should not be dismissed for lack of prosecution and failure to obey court orders. Plaintiff may discharge this order by filing his mandatory case status report by the February 6, 2020 deadline. Alternatively, if Plaintiff does not intend to prosecute this action, he may file a notice of voluntary dismissal using the attaching form CV-9. Voluntarily dismissed actions do not count as “strikes” under

(g), which limits the number of civil rights lawsuits that prisoners may file while incarcerated without prepayment of filing fees. Failure to comply with this court order may result in involuntary dismissal of this action for failure to prosecute and/or failure to obey court orders. See Fed. R. Civ. P, 41(b); L.R. 41-1.