1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 8 LIVE OAK BANKING COMPANY, Case No. 20-cv-04587-VKD 9 Plaintiff, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY 10 Vv. ACTION SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED FOR FAILURE TO 11 AULAKH DENTAL CORPORATION, et PROSECUTE al., 12 Defendants. 13

v 14 On July 10, 2020, the Court issued an initial case management scheduling order requiring

15 || the parties to submit a joint case management statement by October 6, 2020. Dkt. No. 4. 16 || Defendants have not appeared in this action. Plaintiff Live Oak Banking Company (“Live Oak’’)

= 17 || did not file a case management statement by the October 6 deadline and has taken no other action

18 || to prosecute the case. 19 The Court possesses the inherent power to dismiss an action sua sponte “to achieve the 20 || orderly and expeditious disposition of cases.” Link v. Wabash R.R. Co.,

, 629-33 21 (1962). Accordingly, Live Oak is ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE why the Court should not 22 || dismiss the action for failure to prosecute. A written response to this Order must be filed by 23 || October 12, 2020. The Court will hold a hearing on this Order to Show Cause on October 13, 24 || 2020 at 1:30 p.m. 25 IT IS SO ORDERED. 26 Dated: October 9, 2020 . 28 □ 27 VIRGINIA K. DEMARCHI 28 United States Magistrate Judge