Newsom
(PC) Major v. Newsom
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MATTHEW B. MAJOR, Case No. 1:21-cv-00707-JLT (PC)
Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
TO DISMISS ACTION
v. 14-DAY DEADLINE GAVIN NEWSOM, et al., Clerk of the Court to Assign a District Judge Defendants.
16 Plaintiff has not paid the filing fee for this action. Thus, on May 1, 2021, the Court issued an order directing Plaintiff to pay the filing fee or apply to proceed in forma pauperis within 45 days. (Doc. 3.) Plaintiff failed to submit an IFP application or to pay the filing fee within the time provided. Therefore, on July 1, 2021, the Court ordered Plaintiff to show cause, within 14 days, why this action should not be dismissed. (Doc. 5.) Although more than the allowed time has passed, Plaintiff has not responded to the order to show cause. The Local Rules, corresponding with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11, provide that “[f]ailure of counsel or of a party to comply with . . . any order of the Court may be grounds for the…