Shannon O. Murphy, Esq. v. United Parcel Service

Opinion

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 SHANNON O. MURPHY, ESQ., Case No. 25-cv-06148-TSH

8 Plaintiff, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE 9 v.

10 UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, 11 Defendant.

12 13 Pending before the Court is Defendant United Parcel Service’s Motion to Dismiss. ECF 14 No. 19. Plaintiff Shannon O. Murphy, Esq. failed to file an opposition in compliance with Civil 15 Local Rule 7. The Court possesses the inherent power to dismiss an action sua sponte “to achieve 16 the orderly and expeditious disposition of cases.” Link v. Wabash R.R. Co., 370 U.S. 626, 629-33 17 (1962). Accordingly, the Court hereby VACATES the November 13, 2025 noticed hearing date 18 and ORDERS Plaintiff to show cause why this case should not be dismissed for failure to prosecute and failure to comply with court deadlines. Plaintiff shall file a declaration by 19 November 6, 2025 and simultaneously file either an opposition in compliance with Civil Local 20 Rule 7-3(a) or a statement of nonopposition in compliance with Local Rule 7-3(b). If Plaintiff file 21 an opposition, Defendant may file any reply by November 20, 2025. 22 Notice is hereby provided that failure to file a written response will be deemed an 23 admission that you do not intend to prosecute, and this case will likely be dismissed. Thus, it is 24 imperative the Court receive a written response by the deadline above. 25 The Court encourages Plaintiff to seek free legal assistance from the Federal Pro Bono 26 Project, a service offered by the Justice & Diversity Center of the Bar Association of San 27 1 8982. The Legal Help Center will not represent you as your lawyer, but you will be able to speak 2 || with an attorney who may be able to provide basic legal help. More information is available at 3 https://www.cand.uscourts.gov/pro-se-litigants/. 4 Plaintiff may also wish to obtain a copy of this District’s Handbook for Litigants Without a 5 Lawyer, which provides instructions on how to proceed at every stage of your case. The 6 || handbook is available in person at the Clerk’s Office and online at: 7 https://www.cand.uscourts.gov/pro-se-litigants/. 8 IT IS SO ORDERED. 9 10 Dated: October 24, 2025

THOMAS S. HIXSON 12 United States Magistrate Judge

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