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Parties Involved:
Yohonia Martin
Plaintiff
Redwood City Library
Defendant

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

YOHONIA MARTIN,

Plaintiff,

v.

REDWOOD CITY LIBRARY,

Defendant.

Case No. 15-cv-01988-KAW 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY CASE 

SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED FOR 

FAILURE TO PROSECUTE

Yohania Martin ("Plaintiff"), who proceeds pro se, commenced the above-captioned case 

on May 1, 2015. (Compl., Dkt. No. 1.) Plaintiff also filed an application to proceed in forma 

pauperis. (Pl.'s IFP Appl., Dkt. No. 2.) She has consented to the undersigned's jurisdiction 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c). (Pl.'s Consent, Dkt. No. 3.)

On May 14, 2015, the Court granted the application to proceed in forma pauperis and 

dismissed the complaint with leave to amend. (May 14, 2015 Order, Dkt. No. 5.) In the order, the 

Court instructed Plaintiff to file an amended complaint within 30 days. (Id.) As of the filing of 

this order, Plaintiff has not filed an amended complaint, though she has filed a number of other 

documents. See, e.g., Dkt. No. 8 (notice of need for ADR phone conference), Dkt. No. 9 (notice 

of need for mediation), Dkt. No. 10 (ADR certification of discussion of ADR options), Dkt. No. 

11 (stipulation and proposed order selecting ADR process), Dkt. No. 12 (subpoena to produce 

documents), Dkt. No. 13 (certificate of service), Dkt. No. 14 (certificate of service), Dkt. No. 15 

(notice of lawsuit and request to waive service of summons).

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b) permits the involuntary dismissal of an action or 

claim due to a plaintiff's failure to prosecute. See Link v. Wabash R. Co., 370 U.S. 626, 630-31 

(1962) ("authority of a court to dismiss sua sponte for lack of prosecution has generally been 

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considered an 'inherent power'"). As Plaintiff has not filed an amended complaint as required by

the Court's May 14 Order, Plaintiff is ordered to show cause why this case should not be dismissed 

for failure to prosecute. Plaintiff shall file a written response to this order with 14 days. The 

Court may dismiss this action if Plaintiff fails to file a written response.

The case management conference currently set for August 4, 2015 is CONTINUED to 

November 3, 2015.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 07/20/2015

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KANDIS A. WESTMORE

United States Magistrate Judge

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