Martinez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BARRY LEE BROOKINS, Case No. 1:24-cv-01158 JLT SAB (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DISMISSING THE ACTION

WITHOUT PREJUDICE FOR FAILURE

v. TO PAY THE FILING FEE L. MARTINEZ, et al., (Doc. 16)

Defendants.

16 On March 14, 2025, the Court ordered Plaintiff to pay the filing fee for this action, consistent with the prior orders denying his application to proceed in forma pauperis and denying his request for reconsideration. (Doc. 16; see also Docs. 7, 9.) Despite the Court’s warning that failure to comply with the order would result in dismissal (id. at 2), Plaintiff failed to pay the required filing fees. Without such payment, the action cannot proceed before the Court. See Saddozai v. Davis, 35 F.4th 705, 709 (9th Cir. 2022). In finding dismissal is appropriate for the failure to pay the filing fee, the Court also considered the factors outlined by the Ninth Circuit for terminating sanctions, including:…