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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Other Contract

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ELENA PINEDA,

Plaintiff,

v.

15 FRESH PRODUCE, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 19-cv-02691-SK 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR 

FAILURE TO PROSECUTE

On May 17, 2019, the Court scheduled a case management conference for August 19, 

2019. The Court required parties to file a case management statement by August 12, 2019 and to 

attend the case management conference. On Monday, August 19, 2019, the Court held the initial 

case management conference in this matter, but no parties appeared. 

Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4 (“Rule 4”), “[i]f a defendant is not served 

within 90 days after the complaint is filed, the court . . . must dismiss the action without prejudice 

against that defendant or order that service be made within a specified time.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m). 

The Court must extend the time for service “if the plaintiff shows good cause for the failure.” Id. 

The 90-day deadline to serve defendants expired on May 15, 2019. Plaintiff has not filed a proof 

of service and therefore, it is not clear whether she has served any of the defendants.

Therefore, the Court HEREBY ORDERS Plaintiff TO SHOW CAUSE why this case

should not be dismissed for failure to prosecute pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b). 

Plaintiff shall file a written response to this Order to Show Cause by no later than September 9, 

2019. Plaintiff must explain in that written response whether she has served Defendants with the 

summons and complaint in accordance with Rule 4 and if not, provide good cause for her delay. 

In addition, Plaintiff must explain in that written response why she did not appear for the Case 

Management Conference on August 19, 2019. Plaintiff is admonished that, if she fails to file a 

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response to this Order to Show Cause by September 9, 2019, the Court will reassign this matter 

and issue a report and recommendation that this matter by dismissed for failure to prosecute. 

Again, the Court advises Plaintiff that the district court has produced a guide for pro se

litigants called Representing Yourself in Federal Court: A Handbook for Pro Se Litigants, which

provides instructions on how to proceed at every stage of your case, including discovery, motions, 

and trial. It is available electronically online (http://cand.uscourts.gov/prosehandbook) or in hard 

copy free of charge from the Clerk’s Office. The Court further advises Plaintiff that she also may 

wish to seek assistance from the Legal Help Center. Plaintiff may call the Legal Help Center at 

(415) 782-8982 for a free appointment with an attorney who may be able to provide basic legal 

help, but not legal representation.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 19, 2019

______________________________________

SALLIE KIM

United States Magistrate Judge

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