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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

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JUANITA SNEED,

Plaintiff,

v.

CHRISTIAN B. ANDERSON, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 14-cv-03292-JST 

ORDER OF DISMISSAL FOR FAILURE 

TO PROSECUTE

Re: ECF No. 33

On February 4, 2015, the Court issued an order to show cause why Plaintiff Juanita 

Sneed’s complaint should not be dismissed with prejudice pursuant to Rule 41(b). ECF No. 33. 

As recounted in that order, the Court had previously issued an order to show cause why 

Plaintiff Juanita Sneed should not be sanctioned for her failure to appear at the case management 

conference that occurred on December 17, 2014 at 2:00 P.M. ECF No. 27. The Court had set the 

order to show cause hearing for January 29, 2015 at 2:00 P.M, but Plaintiff failed to appear at that

hearing. Therefore, the Court found that Plaintiff had failed to present good cause for her failure 

to appear at the case management conference and sanctioned Plaintiff $50. ECF No. 33. The 

Court stayed the imposition of these sanctions pending further order of the Court. Id. 

As a result of these failures, the Court issued an order to show cause why the complaint 

should not be dismissed with prejudice pursuant to Rule 41(b), in light of the ineffectiveness of 

monetary sanctions, Plaintiff’s failure to appear at two consecutive hearings, and Plaintiff’s 

apparent abandonment of the prosecution of the action. Id. The Court ordered Plaintiff to file a 

written response no later than March 2, 2015. Id. Plaintiff has not filed any response. 

The Court having considered the five factors set forth in Malone v. United States Postal 

Service, 833 F.2d 128, 130 (9th Cir. 1987), and having determined that notwithstanding the public 

policy favoring the disposition of actions on their merits, the Court’s need to manage its docket 

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and the public interest in the expeditious resolution of the litigation require dismissal of this 

action. In view of plaintiff's lack of response to the Court’s prior orders to show cause, and the 

ineffectiveness of monetary sanctions, the Court finds there is no appropriate less drastic sanction. 

Accordingly, this action is dismissed with prejudice pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. Pro. 41(b) for 

plaintiff's failure to prosecute.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 9, 2015

______________________________________

JON S. TIGAR

United States District Judge

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