AutoOpt Networks, Inc. v. Karani et al

Filing 73

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. Show Cause Response due by 5/7/2018. Signed by Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. on 5/1/2018. (ndrS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/1/2018)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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AUTOOPT NETWORKS, INC.,
Plaintiff,

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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Case No.17-cv-04714-HSG
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

v.
GNANENTHIRAN JAYANTHAN,
Defendant.

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On April 6, 2018, the Court granted a motion to withdraw by former counsel for Plaintiff.

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See Dkt. No. 67. Because Plaintiff is a corporation and cannot represent itself, see In re Am. W.

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Airlines, 40 F.3d 1058, 1059 (9th Cir. 1994) (per curiam), the order informed Plaintiff that if it

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failed to obtain counsel by April 30, 2018, the Court would issue an order to show cause why this

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case should not be dismissed with prejudice for failure to prosecute, see Dkt. No. 67 at 2-3.

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The April 30 deadline has passed and Plaintiff has not filed a substitution of counsel.

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Accordingly, Plaintiff is ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE why this case should not be dismissed

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with prejudice for failure to prosecute. Plaintiff shall file a statement of no more than two pages

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by May 7, 2018.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: 5/1/2015

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HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR.
United States District Judge