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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BRIAN BROWN, No. 2: 20-cv-1369 WBS KJN P Plaintiff, v. ORDER & FINDINGS &

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15 Defendant.

17 Plaintiff is a county prisoner, proceeding without counsel, with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On January 21, 2021, defendant filed a motion to compel discovery. (ECF No. 17.) Plaintiff did not file an opposition to the motion to compel. On February 23, 2021, the undersigned granted plaintiff twenty-one days from the date of the order to show cause why the motion to compel should not be granted. (ECF No, 18.) Twenty-one days passed and plaintiff did not respond to the order to show cause. Accordingly, for the reasons stated herein, the undersigned recommends that this action be dismissed for lack of prosecution. District courts have the inherent power to control their dockets and “in the exercise of that power, they may impose sanctions including, where…