Sooth

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JEAN MARC VAN DEN HEUVEL, No. 2:23–cv–361–TLN–KJN PS Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO

DISMISS FOR FAILURE TO PROSECUTE

v. AMANDA SOOTH, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff, proceeding without the aid of counsel, filed a complaint against defendant Sooth and requested leave to proceed without prepayment of the filing fee (“IFP”). (See ECF Nos. 1, 2.) The court granted plaintiff’s IFP request and granted plaintiff leave to amend, finding the complaint difficult to discern and instructing plaintiff to clarify his facts and claims. (ECF No. 3.) Plaintiff was given 28 days to amend and was warned that failure to do so by the required deadline could result in sanctions, including “dismissal of the action with prejudice pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b).” (Id. at 5.) This deadline has passed without any response from plaintiff. Given the mostly frivolous nature of the original complaint and plaintiff’s failure to respond to the…