1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 8 SANTOKN JUDGE, Case No. 21-cv-07018-EJD

9 Plaintiff, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY ACTION SHOULD NOT BE 10 v. DISMISSED

11 STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., Defendants. 12

13 14 On September 10, 2021, Defendants City of Sunnyvale and City Manager Kent Steffens 15 removed the present case to this Court from the Superior Court of the State of California, County 16 of Santa Clara. ECF No. 1. The Notice of Removal was served the same day on Plaintiff’s 17 counsel James A. Otto by letter mail and e-mail. ECF No. 4. On September 17, 2021, four 18 Defendants filed two Motions to Dismiss, ECF Nos. 11, 13, which set the deadline for Plaintiff’s 19 opposition on October 1, 2021. Civil L.R. 7-3(a). To date, Plaintiff has not filed any opposition 20 to the pending motions to dismiss, despite being served through the Court’s ECF system, nor has 21 he sought any relief from the Court in the seven months following the lapse of the opposition 22 deadline. Counsel for the City of Sunnyvale and Steffens had also contacted Plaintiff’s counsel on 23 October 3 regarding Plaintiff’s absent opposition but received no response. ECF No. 15. 24 Plaintiff’s counsel appears to have subsequently communicated with Defendants’ counsel to join 25 the Stipulation to Continue the Initial Case Management, filed on November 18, 2021. ECF No. 26 17. Defendants represent that the email address used to confer with Plaintiff’s counsel regarding 27 the Stipulation is the same one associated with Plaintiff’s counsel on ECF. ECF No. 16, at 2. 1 The Court possesses the inherent power to dismiss an action sua sponte “to achieve the 2 || orderly and expeditious disposition of cases.” Link v. Wabash R.R. Co.,

, 629-33 3 (1962). Furthermore, a failure to oppose a dispositive motion raises the issue of whether this 4 action should be dismissed for failure to prosecute under Rule 41(b). Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b); see 5 || also Yap v. PNC Bank, N.A., No. 18-CV-07618-NC,

, at *2 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 6, 6 2019), report and recommendation adopted, No. 5:18-CV-07618-EJD,

(N.D. 7 Cal. Mar. 25, 2019) (citing Pagtalunan v. Galaza,

(9th Cir. 2002)). 8 Plaintiff is directed to file a written response to this order by June 13, 2022, and to appear 9 before the Court on June 23, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. and show cause why this action should not be 10 || dismissed with prejudice for failure to prosecute pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 41(b). If Plaintiff fails to file a written response by the above deadline, the Court will dismiss the 12 action with prejudice pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b). 13 Given Plaintiff's lack of opposition and this Order, the hearings for Defendants’ Motions 14 || to Dismiss scheduled for June 2 will be vacated. 3 15 IT IS SO ORDERED. a 16 Dated: May 27, 2022.

18 EDWARD J. DAVILA 19 United States District Judge 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Case No.: 21-cv-07018-EJD OSC WHY ACTION SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED