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Nature of Suit Code: 720
Nature of Suit: Labor Management Relations Act
Cause of Action: 05:704 Labor Litigation

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

FACULTY MEMBERS AT MIDDLE 

EASTERN SCHOOLS, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

RICHARD DONOVAN, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-03974-BLF 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

To each and every Plaintiff, you are hereby ORDERED to SHOW CAUSE in writing, on 

or before October 12, 2016, why this case should not be dismissed for failure to prosecute.

Thirty-four individual plaintiffs brought this action involving allegations of discriminatory 

practices and favoritism with respect to promotions. First Am. Compl. 3:21-25, ECF 13. On 

April 15, 2016, the Court granted Defendant American Federation of Government Employees, 

AFL-CIO, Local 1263’s motion to dismiss without leave to amend and granted Defendant Richard 

P. Donovan’s motion to dismiss with partial leave to amend. ECF 33. Further, the Court ordered 

Plaintiffs to file any amended complaint on or before May 16, 2016. Id. Plaintiffs did not amend 

their complaint within the time provided and still have not amended it. Currently before the Court 

is a motion for an entry of judgment filed by two of the named plaintiffs, ECF 41, but the other 

thirty-two plaintiffs have yet to respond to the Court’s order granting the motions to dismiss.

Accordingly, the Court ORDERS each and every Plaintiff to SHOW CAUSE why this 

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case should not be dismissed for failure to prosecute. Each Plaintiff shall submit a written 

response on or before October 12, 2016. The Court advises Plaintiffs that a failure to respond to 

the Order to Show Cause by October 12, 2016 will result in the dismissal of the case with 

prejudice pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 12, 2016

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BETH LABSON FREEMAN

United States District Judge

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