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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHN ELMER,

Plaintiff,

v.

HINKLEY, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:24-cv-00871-SAB

ORDER REQUIRING PLAINTIFF TO 

SHOW CAUSE IN WRITING WHY 

SANCTIONS SHOULD NOT BE IMPOSED 

FOR FAILURE TO OBEY A COURT 

ORDER AND WHY ACTION SHOULD 

NOT BE DISMISSED 

(ECF No. 6)

NOVEMBER 27, 2024 DEADLINE

Plaintiff commenced this action on July 30, 2024. (ECF No. 1.) A scheduling 

conference is currently set for December 5, 2024. (ECF No. 5.) Because Plaintiff had not 

returned service documents and Defendants have not filed a responsive pleading, the Court 

ordered Plaintiff to file a notice regarding the status of service on Defendants no later than 

November 20, 2024. (ECF No. 6.) The Court advised Plaintiff that failure to comply with the 

November 13, 2024 order may result in the issuance of sanctions, up to and including dismissal 

of this action. Plaintiff failed to file a notice of status of service by November 20, 2024 as 

required by the Court’s November 13, 2024 order. 

Local Rule 110 provides that “[f]ailure of counsel or of a party to comply with these 

Rules or with any order of the Court may be grounds for imposition by the Court of any and all 

sanctions ... within the inherent power of the Court.” The Court has the inherent power to 

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control its docket and may, in the exercise of that power, impose sanctions where appropriate, 

including dismissal of the action. Bautista v. Los Angeles Cnty., 216 F.3d 837, 841 (9th Cir. 

2000).

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff shall show cause in writing no 

later than November 27, 2024 why this matter should not be dismissed failure to prosecute and 

why sanctions should not be imposed for failure to respond to the Court’s November 13, 2024 

order. Plaintiff is forewarned that the failure to show cause in writing may result in the 

imposition of sanctions, including the dismissal of this action.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 21, 2024 

STANLEY A. BOONE

United States Magistrate Judge

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