1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 AHMAD ERAKAT, No. 1:24-cv-00350-SAB (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY ACTION

SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED

13 v. (ECF No. 3) 14 DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY, INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 18 Plaintiff is proceeding pro se in this action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 19 Plaintiff filed the instant action on March 25, 2024. On April 2, 2024, the Court ordered 20 Plaintiff to submit an application to proceed in forma pauperis or pay the $405.00 filing fee 21 within forty-five days. (ECF No. 3.) Plaintiff has failed to comply with the Court’s order and the 22 time to do so has passed. 23 In order to proceed with a civil action, plaintiff is required to either pay the filing fee or be 24 granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a), 1915(a); see also 25 Rodriguez v. Cook, 169 F.3d 1176, 1177 (9th Cir. 1999). Plaintiff has not paid the filing fee or 26 sought leave to proceed in forma pauperis in this action. By order dated April 2, 2024, Plaintiff 27 was directed either submit a completed in forma pauperis application or pay the filing fee. (ECF 28 1 | No.3.) Plaintiff was given forty-five days to comply with the court's order and was advised that 2 | failure to comply with the order would result in dismissal of the action. The forty-five days have 3 | passed, and Plaintiff has not moved to proceed in forma pauperis or paid the filing fee. Rather, he 4 || has submitted one unrelated filings.' (ECF No. 6.) Accordingly, Plaintiff shall be ordered to 5 | show cause why the action should not be dismissed for failure to prosecute and failure to comply 6 | with a court order. 7 Accordingly, it is HEREBY ORDERED that: 8 1. Within fourteen (14) days from the date of service of this order Plaintiff shall 9 show cause why the action should not be dismissed; and 10 2. Failure to comply with this order will result in a recommendation to dismiss this 11 action, without prejudice, for failure to prosecute and failure to comply with a 12 court order. 13 14 IT IS SO ORDERED. DAM Le 15 | Dated: _ May 30, 2024

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 | | In that filing, Plaintiff moved for summary judgment (ECF No. 6), which is addressed by separate order.