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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:2000e Job Discrimination (Employment)

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSEPH K. HAIRSTON,

Plaintiff, No. C 07-3882 PJH

v. ORDER OF DISMISSAL

NEW WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL,

et al.,

Defendants.

_______________________________/

On December 6, 2007, the court issued an order to show cause why plaintiff’s claims

should not be dismissed pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b), plaintiff having

failed to oppose defendant’s motion to dismiss or appear at the case management

conference set for December 6. A hearing on the order to show cause was set for

December 20, 2007. Plaintiff again failed to attend.

When circumstances make such action appropriate, a district court may dismiss a

complaint for failure to prosecute, in order to achieve the orderly and expeditious

disposition of cases. See Link v. Wabash R.R. Co., 370 U.S. 626, 630-32 (1962); Oliva v.

Sullivan, 958 F.2d 272, 273 (9th Cir. 1992). Plaintiff’s failure to litigate the instant case or

appear at the case management conference, and the further failure to appear at the

subsequent hearing on the order to show cause, constitute circumstances warranting the

court’s dismissal of plaintiff’s complaint pursuant to Rule 41(b).

Accordingly, this action is DISMISSED with prejudice pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. Pro. 

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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41(b) for plaintiff's failure to prosecute. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 20, 2007 ______________________________

PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON

United States District Judge

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