Collins v. Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority

Opinion

1 2 3 7 8 JANIE COLLINS, Case No. 19-cv-03614-VKD

9 Plaintiff, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE 10 v. DISMISSAL

TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, 12 Defendant.

13 14 On September 1, 2020, the Court conditionally granted the motion by AllAccess Law 15 Group and attorneys Irene Karbelashvili and Irakli Karbelashvili to withdraw as plaintiff Janie 16 Collins’s counsel of record. Dkt. No. 37. In that order, the Court stayed this action through 17 October 1, 2020 to give Ms. Collins an opportunity to either find new counsel or to file an 18 appearance on her own behalf. Id. Additionally, Ms. Collins was advised that her failure to 19 comply with court orders and court-ordered deadlines may result in the dismissal of this case for 20 her lack of attention to it and failure to prosecute this matter. Id. 21 In the interim, Ms. Collins’s counsel were directed to continue to accept service of papers 22 for the purpose of forwarding them to Ms. Collins, until Ms. Collins appears by other counsel or 23 indicates that she intends to represent herself, or until the Court orders otherwise. Id. The record 24 indicates that counsel forwarded a copy of the September 1, 2020 order to Ms. Collins. Dkt. No. 25 38. 26 Ms. Collins has not entered an appearance indicating that she intends to proceed pro se, 27 and no new counsel has made an appearance on her behalf. Ms. Karbelashvili has filed a 1 forwarding them to Ms. Collins. Dkt. No. 41. Additionally, at the Court’s direction, counsel 2 provided Ms. Collins’s last known mailing address: P.O. Box 15186, San Francisco, CA 94155. 3 Id. 4 The Court possesses the inherent power to dismiss an action sua sponte “to achieve the 5 orderly and expeditious disposition of cases.” Link v. Wabash R.R. Co., 370 U.S. 626, 629-33 6 (1962). Ms. Collins shall file a written response to this order explaining why this action should 7 not be dismissed without prejudice for her failure to comply with the Court’s orders and to 8 prosecute this case. Ms. Collins must file her written response by December 4, 2020. The Clerk 9 of the Court shall mail a copy of this order to Ms. Collins at the mailing address noted above. 10 Additionally, to the extent counsel at AllAccess Law Group previously indicated that they have an 11 alternate email address for Ms. Collins, they are requested to email a copy of this order to her and 12 to file a proof of service with the Court. 14 Dated: November 4, 2020

5 VIRG IA K. DEMARCHI nited States Magistrate Judge 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28