Northwest Administrators Inc v. DPI Specialty Foods Inc

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE NORTHWEST ADMINISTRATORS CASE NO. 2:25-cv-920-JNW INC., ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE 9 Plaintiff, 10 v. 11 DPI SPECIALTY FOODS INC., a Delaware corporation, Defendant.

The Court raises this matter of its own accord.

Plaintiff Northwest Administrators, Inc. sued DPI Specialty Foods Inc. on May 15, 2025. Northwest Administrators served DPI Specialty Foods with its complaint and summons on May 23, 2025, and the Clerk entered default against DPI Specialty Foods on July 14, 2025. Dkt. Nos. 4, 8. Since that time, Northwest Administrators has not moved for default judgment or taken any other action in this case. See Dkt.; see also Fed. R. Civ. P. 55(b) (describing two-step process for obtaining default judgment; LCR 55(b) (same).

1 Accordingly, the Court ORDERS Northwest Administrators to move for default judgment or file a status report within 21 days of this order. Failure to timely file will result in dismissal of this action with prejudice. 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’).

7 Dated this 8th day of September, 2025.

8 Z 9 Jamal N. Whitehead United States District Judge