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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SELENE BALLONOFF,

Plaintiff,

v.

TOM LUCAS, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 19-cv-01337-JST 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

Plaintiff filed a complaint pro se on March 12, 2019, ECF No. 1, and has yet to serve 

Defendants. In his January 7, 2020 order declining as moot a report and recommendation to 

dismiss the case, Judge Chen reminded Plaintiff of her “obligation to serve her complaint on all 

Defendants in the case” and pointed her to the Northern District’s resources for pro se litigants. 

ECF No. 20. In his February 24, 2020 order granting Plaintiff’s request to transfer the case to 

Oakland and extend the time to obtain waivers of service, Judge Chen gave Plaintiff 45 days to 

obtain such waivers. ECF No. 23. 

This case has now been pending for more than a year. Judge Chen’s deadline has passed. 

The Plaintiff has not served the Defendants or obtained waivers of service. 

District courts have the inherent authority, as well as authority under Rule 41(b) of the 

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, to dismiss a plaintiff’s action with prejudice for failure to 

prosecute. Link v. Wabash R. Co., 370 U.S. 626, 629-30 (1962); Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b). The Court 

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now orders Plaintiff, by May 20, 2020, to serve Defendants, obtain waivers of service, or show 

cause why her case should not be dismissed for failure to prosecute. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 29, 2020

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JON S. TIGAR

United States District Judge

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