1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JORGE SANCHEZ, ) Case No. CV 23-0573 FMO (MARx) ) 12 Plaintiff, ) ) 13 v. ) ORDER DISMISSING ACTION WITHOUT ) PREJUDICE 14 US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ) RETAILER OPERATIONS DIVISION, ) 15 ) Defendant. ) 16 ) 17 Plaintiff filed his complaint on January 25, 2023, (Dkt. 1, Complaint). By order dated April 18 12, 2023, plaintiff was ordered to show cause, on or before April 25, 2023, why this action should 19 not be dismissed for plaintiff’s failure to complete service of the summons and complaint as 20 required by Rule 4(m) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. (See Dkt. 9, Court’s Order of April 21 12, 2023, at 1). Plaintiff was admonished that “[f]ailure to file a timely response to th[e] Order to 22 Show Cause shall result in the action or [] defendant(s) being dismissed for lack of prosecution 23 and for failure to comply with the orders of the court.” (Id.) (citing Local Rule 41; Fed. R. Civ. P. 24 4 & 41(b); Link v. Wabash R.R. Co.,

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(1962)). As of 25 the date of this Order, plaintiff has not filed a response to the court’s Order, nor has he filed a 26 proof of service of the summons and complaint on defendant. (See, generally, Dkt.). 27 Rule 4(m) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provides that a court, on its own initiative, 28 1 complaint is filed[.]” In addition, a district court may dismiss an action for failure to prosecute or 2 to comply with court orders. Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b); Link,

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3 (authority to dismiss for failure to prosecute necessary to avoid undue delay in disposing of cases 4 and congestion in court calendars); Ferdik v. Bonzelet,

(9th Cir. 1992) 5 (district court may dismiss action for failure to comply with any court order). Dismissal, however, 6 is a severe penalty and should be imposed only after consideration of the relevant factors in favor 7 of and against this extreme remedy. Thompson v. Housing Auth. of City of Los Angeles,

829, 831 (9th Cir. 1986). These factors include: “(1) the public’s interest in expeditious resolution 9 of litigation; (2) the court’s need to manage its docket; (3) the risk of prejudice to the defendants; 10 (4) the public policy favoring disposition of cases on their merits[;] and (5) the availability of less 11 drastic sanctions.” Id.; Henderson v. Duncan,

(9th Cir. 1986). 12 Pursuant to Rules 4(m) and 41(b) and the court’s inherent power to achieve the orderly and 13 expeditious disposition of cases, Link,

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, and in light of the 14 factors outlined in Thompson and

dismissal of this action without prejudice for 15 failure to effect service within the specified time and comply with the court’s Order, (Dkt. 9), is 16 appropriate. 17 Based on the foregoing, IT IS ORDERED that judgment be entered dismissing this action, 18 without prejudice, for failure to effect service and comply with the orders of the court. 19 Dated this 12th day of June, 2023. 20 /s/ 21 Fernando M. Olguin United States District Judge 22 23 24 25 26 27 28