Case 2:22-cv-05951-FMO-JPR Document 10 Filed 11/14/22 Page 1 of 2 Page ID #:49

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 NEWAY MENGISTU, ) Case No. CV 22-5951 FMO (JPRx) 12 ) Plaintiff, ) 13 ) v. ) ORDER DISMISSING ACTION WITHOUT 14 ) PREJUDICE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY ) 15 OF LOS ANGELES, et al., ) ) 16 Defendants. ) ) 17 18 Plaintiff filed his complaint on August 8, 2022 (Dkt. 1). By order dated October 24, 2022, 19 plaintiff was ordered to show cause, on or before November 4, 2022, why this action should not 20 be dismissed for plaintiff's failure to complete service of the summons and complaint as required 21 by Rule 4(m) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. (See Dkt. 9, Court’s Order of October 24, 22 2022). Plaintiff was admonished that “[f]ailure to file a timely response to th[e] Order to Show 23 Cause shall result in the action . . . being dismissed for lack of prosecution and for failure to 24 comply with the orders of the court” (Id.) (citing Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b); Link v. Wabash R.R. Co., 25

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(1962)). As of the date of this Order, plaintiff has not 26 responded to the Order to Show Cause nor filed proofs of service of the summons and complaint 27 on any defendant. (See, generally, Dkt.). 28 Case 2:22-cv-05951-FMO-JPR Document 10 Filed 11/14/22 Page 2 of 2 Page ID #:50

1 Rule 4(m) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provides that a court, on its own initiative, 2 “must dismiss the action without prejudice” if service is not effected “within 90 days after the 3 complaint is filed[.]” In addition, a district court may dismiss an action for failure to prosecute or 4 to comply with court orders. Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b); Link,

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5 (authority to dismiss for failure to prosecute necessary to avoid undue delay in disposing of cases 6 and congestion in court calendars); Ferdik v. Bonzelet,

(9th Cir. 1992) 7 (district court may dismiss action for failure to comply with any court order). Dismissal, however, 8 is a severe penalty and should be imposed only after consideration of the relevant factors in favor 9 of and against this extreme remedy. Thompson v. Housing Auth. of Los Angeles,

, 10 831 (9th Cir. 1986). These factors include: (1) the public’s interest in expeditious resolution of 11 litigation; (2) the court’s need to manage its docket; (3) the risk of prejudice to the defendants; (4) 12 the public policy favoring disposition of cases on their merits; and (5) the availability of less drastic 13 sanctions. Id.; Henderson v. Duncan,

(9th Cir. 1986). 14 Pursuant to Rules 4(m) and 41(b) and the Court’s inherent power to achieve the orderly and 15 expeditious disposition of cases, Link,

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, and in light of the 16 factors outlined in

dismissal of this action without prejudice for failure to effect 17 service within the specified time and comply with the Court’s Order to Show Cause issued on 18 October 24, 2022 (Dkt. 9), is appropriate. 19 Based on the foregoing, IT IS ORDERED that judgment be entered dismissing this action, 20 without prejudice, for failure to effect service and comply with the orders of this Court. 21 Dated this 14th day of November, 2022. 22 /s/ 23 Fernando M. Olguin United States District Judge 24 25 26 27 28 2