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

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GLORIA DAVIS,

Plaintiff,

v.

KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS,

Defendant.

Case No. 19-cv-05866-HSG 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

Plaintiff Gloria Davis filed this employment discrimination action on September 20, 2019. 

See Dkt. No. 1. The Court set a case management conference on January 14, 2020, at 2:00 p.m. 

See Dkt. No. 7. However, Plaintiff did not appear at the hearing, and Defendants have not yet 

appeared in this case. See Dkt. No. 11.

During the case management conference, the Court intended to discuss with Plaintiff 

whether Defendants have been properly served. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(m) provides 

that if a defendant is not served within 90 days after the complaint is filed, the Court, on its own 

after notice to the plaintiff, “must dismiss the action without prejudice,” or order that service be 

made within a specified time. Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m). There is nothing on the docket to indicate that 

Defendants were properly served. To the contrary, the Proof of Service that Plaintiff filed with her 

“Amendment to Complaint” suggests that Plaintiff has not served any of the individual Defendants 

and did not serve the agents for service of process for Defendants Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and 

SEIU UHW Union. See Dkt. No. 10 at 3.

In filing this action, Plaintiff assumed the responsibility of serving the parties, appearing at 

all hearings, and prosecuting her case. Accordingly, Plaintiff is ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE

why this case should not be dismissed without prejudice for failure to prosecute. Plaintiff shall 

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file a statement of no more than two pages by February 14, 2020.

Plaintiff is encouraged to seek assistance at the Legal Help Center, which provides free 

information and limited-scope legal assistance to pro se litigants. More information about the 

Legal Help Center is provided at http://www.cand.uscourts.gov/legal-help. Appointments may be 

scheduled either over the phone at (415) 782-8982 or by email at 

federalprobonoproject@sfbar.org.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 1/16/2020

______________________________________

HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR.

United States District Judge

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