Collins v. Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority

Opinion

1 2 6 7 JANIE COLLINS, Case No. 19-cv-03614-VKD 8 Plaintiff, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE 9 v. DISMISSAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, Defendant. a 12

13 Plaintiff Janie Collins filed the present action on June 21, 2019. Dkt. No. 1. On

v 14 || November 26, 2019, the Court denied Ms. Collins’s request to lift the stay of discovery. Dkt. No.

15 17. Noting that the parties failed to conduct an in-person meeting required by General Order No. a 16 56, the Court also set new General Order No. 56 dates, including a January 24, 2020 deadline for

= 17 Ms. Collins to file a Notice of Need for Mediation. Jd. That deadline has passed, and Ms. Collins

18 has not filed a Notice of Need for Mediation. 19 The Court possesses the inherent power to dismiss an action sua sponte “to achieve the 20 orderly and expeditious disposition of cases.” Link v. Wabash R.R. Co., 370 U.S. 626, 629-33 21 (1962). Ms. Collins is directed to file a written response to this order by February 4, 2020 and to 22 appear before the Court on February 11, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom 2, Fifth Floor, 280 23 South First Street, San Jose, California 95113 and show cause why this action should not be 24 dismissed without prejudice for failure to prosecute. 26 Dated: January 27, 2020 27 nigga E, hu March VIRGINIA K. DEMARCH 28 United States Magistrate Judge