Whipple v. Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 15

ORDER to SHOW CAUSE Why Sanctions Should Not Be Imposed for Plaintiff's Failure to Comply with the Court's Order, signed by Magistrate Judge Jennifer L. Thurston on 3/14/2017. Show Cause Response due within 14 days. (Hall, S)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 DOROTHY WHIPPLE, 12 Plaintiff, 13 14 v. NANCY A. BERRYHILL1, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, 15 Defendant. 16 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No.: 1:16-cv-1254 - JLT ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY SANCTIONS SHOULD NOT BE IMPOSED PLAINTIFF’S FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE COURT’S ORDER 17 Dorothy Whipple initiated this action by filing a complaint on August 24, 2016, seeking judicial 18 review of the decision to denying her application for Social Security benefits. (Doc. 1) On August 30, 19 2016, the Court entered its Scheduling Order, setting forth the deadlines governing the briefing in this 20 action. (Doc. 6) 21 Defendant filed the certified administrative record in the matter on January 23, 2017. (Doc. 12) 22 Pursuant to the terms of the Scheduling Order, within thirty days of the filing of the administrative 23 record, Plaintiff was to serve “a letter brief outlining the reasons why…she contends that a remand is 24 warranted,” and file “proof of service reflecting that the letter brief was served.” (Doc. 6 at 2) To date, 25 Plaintiff has not filed the proof of service and has not requested an extension of time to comply with the 26 Court’s order. 27 28 1 Nancy A. Berryhill is now the Acting Commissioner of Social Security. The Court substitutes Nancy A. Berryhill for her predecessor, Carolyn W. Colvin pursuant to Rule 25(d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 1 1 The Local Rules, corresponding with Fed. R. Civ. P. 11, provide: “Failure of counsel or of a 2 party to comply with . . . any order of the Court may be grounds for the imposition by the Court of any 3 and all sanctions . . . within the inherent power of the Court.” Local Rule 110. “District courts have 4 inherent power to control their dockets,” and in exercising that power, a court may impose sanctions 5 including dismissal of an action. Thompson v. Housing Authority of Los Angeles, 782 F.2d 829, 831 6 (9th Cir. 1986). A court may dismiss an action with prejudice, based on a party’s failure to prosecute 7 an action or failure to obey a court order, or failure to comply with local rules. See, e.g. Ferdik v. 8 Bonzelet, 963 F.2d 1258, 1260-61 (9th Cir. 1992) (dismissal for failure to comply with an order); 9 Malone v. U.S. Postal Service, 833 F.2d 128, 130 (9th Cir. 1987) (dismissal for failure to comply with 10 a court order); Henderson v. Duncan, 779 F.2d 1421, 1424 (9th Cir. 1986) (dismissal for failure to 11 prosecute and to comply with local rules). 12 Accordingly, Plaintiff is ORDERED to show cause within fourteen days why the sanctions 13 should not be imposed for her failure to follow the Court’s Order or within the same deadline SHALL 14 serve her confidential letter brief and file proof of service with the Court. 15 16 17 18 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: March 14, 2017 /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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