Kovalenko v. Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 15

ORDER to SHOW CAUSE, signed by Magistrate Judge Jennifer L. Thurston on 11/20/2017. 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 PAVEL KOVALENKO, Plaintiff, 12 13 14 v. NANCY A. BERRYHILL, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, 15 Defendant. 16 17 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No.: 1:17-cv-0166 - JLT ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY SANCTIONS SHOULD NOT BE IMPOSED PLAINTIFF’S FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE COURT’S ORDER Pavel Kovalenko initiated this action by filing a complaint on February 3, 2017, seeking judicial 18 review of the decision to denying her application for Social Security benefits. (Doc. 1) On March 13, 19 2017, the Court entered its Scheduling Order, setting forth the deadlines governing the briefing in this 20 action. (Doc. 10) 21 Defendant filed the certified administrative record in the matter on October 12, 2017. (Doc. 14) 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…he[] contends that a remand is 24 warranted,” and file “proof of service reflecting that the letter brief was served.” (Doc. 10-1 at 2) To 25 date, no proof of service has been filed, and Plaintiff has not requested an extension of time to comply 26 with the Court’s order. 27 28 The Local Rules, corresponding with Fed. R. Civ. P. 11, provide: “Failure of counsel or of a party to comply with . . . any order of the Court may be grounds for the imposition by the Court of any 1 1 and all sanctions . . . within the inherent power of the Court.” Local Rule 110. “District courts have 2 inherent power to control their dockets,” and in exercising that power, a court may impose sanctions 3 including dismissal of an action. Thompson v. Housing Authority of Los Angeles, 782 F.2d 829, 831 4 (9th Cir. 1986). A court may dismiss an action with prejudice, based on a party’s failure to prosecute 5 an action or failure to obey a court order, or failure to comply with local rules. See, e.g. Ferdik v. 6 Bonzelet, 963 F.2d 1258, 1260-61 (9th Cir. 1992) (dismissal for failure to comply with an order); 7 Malone v. U.S. Postal Service, 833 F.2d 128, 130 (9th Cir. 1987) (dismissal for failure to comply with 8 a court order); Henderson v. Duncan, 779 F.2d 1421, 1424 (9th Cir. 1986) (dismissal for failure to 9 prosecute and to comply with local rules). 10 Accordingly, Plaintiff is ORDERED to show cause within fourteen days of the date of service 11 of this Order why the sanctions should not be imposed for failure to follow the Court’s Order or, in the 12 alternative, serve his confidential letter brief and file proof of service with the Court. 13 14 15 16 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: November 20, 2017 /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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