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Parties Involved:
Commissioner of Social Security
Defendant
Lorna Dorrell
Plaintiff

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LORNA DORRELL,

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-09-112 EFB

vs.

MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant. 

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Plaintiff filed a complaint and a motion to proceed in this action in forma pauperis on

January 13, 2009. Dckt. Nos. 1, 2. On February 9, 2009, this court granted plaintiff’s motion to

proceed in forma pauperis and issued a scheduling order setting forth, inter alia, a deadline by

which defendant was required to file the administrative transcript and an answer or other

response to plaintiff’s complaint, and a deadline by which plaintiff was required to file a motion

for summary judgment and/or remand. Dckt. No. 4. The scheduling order further provided that

“[f]ailure to comply with any portion of this schedule may result in sanctions, including striking

a motion from calendar, or striking the complaint or answer.” Id. at 3. On June 16, 2009,

defendant filed the administrative transcript and an answer to plaintiff’s complaint. Dckt. Nos.

10, 11. 

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On August 3, 2009, the parties filed a stipulation to extend the deadline for plaintiff’s

summary judgment motion from August 3, 2009 to November 10, 2009. Dckt. No. 14. On

August 4, 2009, the undersigned approved the parties’ stipulation and granted plaintiff the

requested extension. Dckt. No. 15. The court further stated that “[g]iven the length of the

extension granted herein, the court is not inclined to grant further requests for extension of time

absent a showing of substantial cause.” Id. On November 10, 2009, the parties again filed a

stipulation to extend the deadline for plaintiff’s summary judgment motion from November 10,

2009 to December 28, 2009. Dckt. No. 17. On November 10, 2009, the undersigned reluctantly

approved the stipulation, but admonished plaintiff that the court was not inclined to grant any

further extensions of time in this action. Dckt. No. 18. 

The court’s docket reveals that plaintiff has not filed a motion for summary judgment,

and has not otherwise communicated with the court since the court approved the November 10,

2009 stipulation. Accordingly, plaintiff is ordered to show cause in writing on or before

February 17, 2010, why this case should not be dismissed for lack of prosecution and why

plaintiff and/or plaintiff’s counsel should not be monetarily sanctioned for failure to comply with

court orders. See L.R. 110 (providing that failure to comply with the Local Rules or a court

order “may be grounds for imposition by the Court of any and all sanctions authorized by statute

or Rule or within the inherent power of the Court.”). Failure to timely file the required writing

will result in dismissal and may result in the imposition of monetary sanctions. See Fed. R. Civ.

P. 41(b). If plaintiff and/or plaintiff’s counsel wishes to be heard on the sanctions issue, they

shall so indicate in the written response to this order to show cause. 

SO ORDERED.

DATED: January 29, 2010.

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