1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 8 DOUGLAS POWERS, Case No. 21-cv-00583-VKD 9 Plaintiff, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY 10 v. ACTION SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED 11 MICHAEL C. LUONG, INDIVIDUALLY AND DBA HARLAN'S AUTOMOTIVE, 12 Defendant. 13 14 Plaintiff Douglas Powers filed the present action on January 25, 2021. Dkt. No. 1. The 3 15 || parties’ last day to conduct a joint site inspection was July 12, 2021. Dkt. No. 12. Pursuant to a 16 || General Order 56, Mr. Powers’s last day to file a notice of need for mediation was August 23, 3 17 2021. Mr. Powers did not file a notice of need for mediation, nor did he seek relief from the August 23, 2021 deadline. 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). Mr. Powers is directed to file a written response to this order by January 31, 2022 to 22 || show cause why this action should not be dismissed without prejudice for failure to prosecute. 23 IT IS SO ORDERED. 24 || Dated: January 24, 2022 25 0 UnigininE, □□□□□□ 7 VIRGINIA K. DEMARCHI United States Magistrate Judge 28