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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

RAM RAMSING, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

SACRAMENTO SUPERIOR COURT, 

Defendant. 

No. 2:17-cv-2631-MCE-EFB PS 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE 

 Plaintiff filed a motion for default judgment against defendant Sacramento Superior 

Court, but failed to notice the motion for hearing as required by the court’s local rules. ECF No. 

16; see E.D. L.R. Cal. 230(b). Accordingly, he was ordered to contact chambers to obtain 

available civil law and motion hearing dates. After plaintiff failed to comply with that order, his 

defectively filed motion for default judgment was denied without prejudice, and he was ordered 

to show cause why sanctions should not be imposed for his failure to comply with the court’s 

order. ECF No. 18. 

 In response, plaintiff argues that this case should not be dismissed because such a sanction 

is appropriate only in extreme circumstances. ECF No. 19. But plaintiff failed to provide any 

explanation as to why sanctions should not be imposed. He also has not filed a properly noticed 

motion for default judgment, nor taken any other action to prosecute this case. 

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 Accordingly, good cause appearing, it is hereby ORDERED that: 

 1. Plaintiff shall show cause, in writing, no later than February 21, 2020, why this action 

should not be dismissed for lack of prosecution and/or for failure to comply with court orders. 

See Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b). 

 2. Failure of plaintiff to comply with this order may result in the imposition of sanctions, 

including a recommendation that this action be dismissed for lack of prosecution and/or for 

failure to comply with court orders. 

DATED: February 6, 2020. 

 

 

 

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