John Cheung v. Yuk Sophearoath et al

Filing 9

MINUTE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE: DISMISSAL OF UNSERVED CIVIL ACTION by Magistrate Judge Michael R. Wilner. Plaintiff is ORDERED to show cause why the action should not be returned to the civil wheel for reassignment to a District Judge with a recommendation that it be dismissed for failure to prosecute or Plaintiffs response to this OSC will be due by December 22, 2017. (mz)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
CIVIL MINUTES - GENERAL
Case No.

CV 17-6558 MRW

Title

Cheung v. Sophearoath

Present: The Honorable

Date

December 11, 2017

Michael R. Wilner

Veronica Piper

n/a

Deputy Clerk

Court Reporter / Recorder

Attorneys Present for Plaintiff:

Attorneys Present for Defendant:

None present

None present

Proceedings:

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE: DISMISSAL OF UNSERVED CIVIL
ACTION

Plaintiff filed this civil action on September 6, 2017. The case was randomly assigned to
Judge Wilner through the Court’s Magistrate Judge Direct Assignment Program.
Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(m), Plaintiff is required to serve process in this
action within 90 days of commencement of the action, or by December 5, 2017. However,
according to the Court’s review of the docket, no proof of service has been filed in the action
yet, and no defendant has appeared in the action to date. Moreover, Plaintiff’s attorney failed to
respond to an earlier order from the Court regarding service. (Docket # 7)
Plaintiff is ORDERED to show cause why the action should not be returned to the civil
wheel for reassignment to a District Judge with a recommendation that it be dismissed for
failure to prosecute or. Plaintiff’s response to this OSC will be due by December 22, 2017.

CV-90 (10/08)

CIVIL MINUTES - GENERAL

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