1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 8 NGOC LAM CHE, Case No. 22-cv-02481-VKD 9 Plaintiff, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY 10 v. ACTION SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED 11 ANDREW QUANG NGO, et al., 2 Defendants.

13 Plaintiff Ngoc Lam Che filed the present action on April 22, 2022. Dkt. No. 1. Pursuant

v 14 || to General Order 56, the parties’ last day to conduct a joint site inspection was August 12, 2022

15 || and Mr. Johnson’s last day to file a notice of need for mediation was September 23, 2022. Dkt. a 16 No. 6. Mr. Che did not file a notice of need for mediation, nor did he seek relief from the

|| September 23 deadline.

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

, 629-33 20 || (1962). Mr. Che is directed to file a written response to this order by October 11, 2022 and to 21 appear before the Court on October 18, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom 2, Fifth Floor, 280 22 South First Street, San Jose, California 95113 and show cause why this action should not be 23 || dismissed without prejudice for failure to prosecute. 24 IT IS SO ORDERED. 25 Dated: October 4, 2022 26 27 □ > VIRGINIA K. DEMARCHI 8 United States Magistrate Judge