Love v. Nguyen

4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SAN JOSE DIVISION 8 SAMUEL LOVE, Case No. 5:20-cv-02072-EJD 9 Plaintiff, ORDER DISMISSING ACTION FOR FAILURE TO PROSECUTE 10 v. 11 DONG NGUYEN, et al., W Defendants.

5 13 Plaintiff Samuel Love filed the present action on March 25, 2020 and the summons return 14 on June 10, 2020. Dkt. Nos. 1, 12. He has taken no further action in the case since. On June 14, 15 2021, the Court issued an order to show cause why this action should not be dismissed for failure a 16 || to prosecute and ordered Plaintiff to file a written response by June 21, 2021. Dkt. No. 19. The 17 Court advised Plaintiff that if he failed to file a written response by June 21, the Court would 18 dismiss the action with prejudice. /d. at 1.

19 Plaintiff did not file a written response by June 21, 2021. The Court possesses the inherent || power to dismiss an action sua sponte “to achieve the orderly and expeditious disposition of 21 cases.” Link v. Wabash R.R. Co., 370 U.S. 626, 629-33 (1962). Accordingly, the Court || DISMISSES this action with prejudice pursuant to Rule 41(b).

23 The Clerk of the Court shall close the file.

24 IT IS SO ORDERED.

25 Dated: June 22, 2021 aR).

EDWARD J. DAVILA 27 United States District Judge || Case No.: 5:20-cv-02072-EJD ORDER DISMISSING ACTION