Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 40

Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 40 Entered on FLSD Docket 10/12/2010 Page 1 of 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA CASE NO. 08-80736-CIV-MARRA/JOHNSON JANE DOES #1 and #2, Petitioners, vs. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondent. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR LACK OF PROSECUTION THIS CAUSE is before the Court following Petitioners' Notice in Response to Administrative Order Closing Case. (DE 39). Petitioners' filed their Notice after the Court's September 9, 2010, which closed this case in light of related settlements and a lack of activity for nearly seventeen months. (DE 38). Petitioners' Notice states that they intend to make subsequent filings and therefore requests that the Court reopen this matter. A court has the inherent power to sua sponte dismiss a case for lack of prosecution. See Link v. Wabash R.R. Co., 370 U.S. 626, 629-30 (1962). A review of the court record herein reveals that Petitioners have taken no action in this matter, other than t