(PC) Overton v. I.B.T International Brotherhood

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MICHAEL L. OVERTON, Case No. 2:21-cv-01366-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY THIS

CASE SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED FOR

v. FAILURE TO PROSECUTE AND FAILURE

TO COMPLY WITH COURT ORDERS

I.B.T. INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD, et al. RESPONSE DUE WITHIN TWENTY-ONE DAYS Defendants.

17 On August 4, 2021, I ordered plaintiff to submit, within thirty days, either the $402 filing fee or an application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. ECF No. 3. To date, plaintiff has neither payed the required filing fee nor submitted an application to proceed in forma pauperis. To manage its docket effectively, the court imposes deadlines on litigants and requires litigants to meet those deadlines. The court may dismiss a case for plaintiff’s failure to prosecute or failure to comply with its orders or local rules. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b); Hells Canyon Pres. Council v. U.S. Forest Serv., 403…