(PC) Figueroa v. Clark

I. FACTS AND BACKGROUND

23 Plaintiff Figueroa, a state prisoner, initiated this action proceeding pro se by filing a civil 24 rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on July 20, 2022. (Doc. No. 1). Plaintiff did not 25 accompany the filing of his complaint with the requisite filing fee or a motion to proceed in forma

1 This matter was referred to the undersigned pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302 (E.D. Cal. 2022). 28 pauperis (“IFP application”). (See docket). On July 25, 2022, the Court directed Plaintiff to either submit an enclosed IFP application or pay the requisite filing fee within thirty days. (Doc. No. 3). The thirty-day deadline has lapsed. Plaintiff has neither submitted the IFP application nor paid the requisite filing fee. (See generally docket). II. APPLICABLE LAW Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b) permits the court to involuntarily dismiss an action when a litigant fails to prosecute an action or fails to comply with a court order. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b); see Applied Underwriters v. Lichtenegger, 913 F.3d 884, 889 (9th Cir. 2019) (citations omitted); Hells Canyon…