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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:2000 Job Discrimination (Race)

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRANCES O’HARA,

Plaintiff,

v.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF CALIFORNIA 

STATE UNIVERSITY et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 19-cv-02885-JD 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE AND 

VACATING HEARING

Pro se plaintiff Frances O’Hara’s complaint for tort, contract and discrimination claims 

arising from a failed college course and subsequent expulsion was dismissed with leave to amend. 

Dkt. Nos. 8, 16. O’Hara timely filed an amended complaint. Dkt. No. 18. Defendant Mahmood 

Monshipouri, the only defendant that has been served, moved to dismiss the amended complaint 

for failure to state a claim under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). Dkt. No. 19. Under 

Civil Local Rule 7-3, O’Hara’s response was due on October 30, 2019. No opposition has been 

filed.

O’Hara’s amended complaint is nearly identical to her first complaint and did not address 

the problems discussed in the Court’s prior orders. She again offers only conclusory allegations, 

without any facts to support the claims. See Dkt. Nos. 1-1, 18. She is also seriously late in filing 

an opposition to the pending motion to dismiss. 

While the Court would be well within its discretion to terminate the case for these reasons, 

O’Hara will be afforded a final opportunity to get back on track. She is ordered to show cause in 

writing why the case should not be dismissed for failure to prosecute, and why defendant’s motion 

to dismiss should not be granted. O’Hara’s response is due by January 10, 2020. She is advised 

that a failure to meet this deadline will result in dismissal of the complaint and closure of the case 

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

for failure to prosecute. Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b). The hearing scheduled for December 19, 2019, is 

vacated. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 16, 2019

JAMES DONATO

United States District Judge

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRANCES O'HARA,

Plaintiff,

v.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF CALIFORNIA 

STATE UNIVERSITY, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 19-cv-02885-JD 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. 

District Court, Northern District of California.

That on December 16, 2019, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by 

placing said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by 

depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery 

receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

Frances O'Hara

750 Ocean Avenue

Apt 4A

Brooklyn, NY 11226 

Dated: December 16, 2019

Susan Y. Soong

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

LISA R. CLARK, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable JAMES DONATO

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