Puget Sound Electrical Workers Healthcare Trust v. 16D LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE PUGET SOUND ELECTRICAL CASE NO. 2:24-cv-792 WORKERS HEALTHCARE TRUST, PUGET SOUND ELECTRICAL ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WORKERS PENSION TRUST, PUGET SOUND ELECTRICAL WORKERS 10 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN TRUST, and PUGET SOUND ELECTRICAL JOINT 11 APPRENTICESHIP AND TRAINING TRUST, Plaintiffs, v. 16D LLC, a Washington limited 15 liability company, 16 Defendant.

On June 5, 2024, Plaintiffs Puget Sound Electrical Workers Healthcare Trust, Puget Sound Electrical Workers Pension Trust, Puget Sound Electrical Workers 401(k) Savings Plan Trust, and Puget Sound Electrical Joint Apprenticeship and Training Trust (the “Trust Funds”) sued Defendant 16D LLC.

Dkt. No. 1. On August 27, 2024, the Trust Funds filed a status report in which they notified the Court that “the audit claims are close to resolution” and asked the Court “not to take any action in this matter until October 1, 2024, in order to allow the Parties to resolve [the] dispute without further intervention by the Court.” Dkt.

3 No. 9 at 1–2. Since that time, the Trust Funds have taken no action. See Dkt.

4 Accordingly, the Court ORDERS the Trust Funds to SHOW CAUSE why this matter should not be dismissed for failure to prosecute. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b); Henderson v. Duncan, 779 F.2d 1421, 1423 (9th Cir. 1986) (“[The court has] inherent power sua sponte to dismiss a case for lack of prosecution”). The Trust Fund must, by no later than May 6, 2025, file a response to this order to show cause. Failure to timely respond will result in dismissal of this action without prejudice.

11 Dated this 23rd day of April, 2025.

A Jamal N. Whitehead 14 United States District Judge