1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 8 DEBRA VOLLE, Case No. 20-cv-02355-VKD 9 Plaintiff, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY 10 Vv. ACTION SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED 11 THE SPADAFORE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP, et al., 12 Defendants. 13

Plaintiff Debra Volle filed the present action on April 7, 2020. Dkt. No. 1. Pursuant to

15 |} General Order 56 and the Court’s July 2, 2020 order granting the parties’ stipulation to continue 16 || the joint site inspection deadline, the parties’ last day to conduct a joint site inspection was July

= 17 24, 2020, and Ms. Macias’s last day to file a notice for need of mediation was September 4, 2020.

Zz 18 Dkt. No. 16; see also Dkt. No. 4. Ms. Macias did not file a notice of need for mediation, nor did 19 || she seek relief from the September 4 deadline. 20 The Court possesses the inherent power to dismiss an action sua sponte “to achieve the 21 || orderly and expeditious disposition of cases.” Link v. Wabash R.R. Co.,

, 629-33 22 || (1962). Ms. Volle is directed to file a written response to this order by October 13, 2020 and to 23 || appear before the Court on October 20, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. and show cause why this action 24 || should not be dismissed without prejudice for failure to prosecute. 25 IT IS SO ORDERED. 26 Dated: October 8, 2020 27 VIRGINIA K. DEMARCHI 28 United States Magistrate Judge