Barbour
(PS) Van den Heuvel v. Barbour
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JEAN MARC VAN DEN HEUVEL, Case No. 2:23-cv-00021-DAD-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER TRACY BARBOUR, Defendant. 16 17 On January 24, 2023, I ordered plaintiff to submit within thirty days either the $402 filing fee or a complete application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. ECF No. 3. To date, plaintiff has not complied with that order. To manage its docket effectively, the court requires litigants to meet certain deadlines. The court may impose sanctions, including dismissal of a case, for failure to comply with court orders or local rules. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b); E.D. Cal. L.R. 110; Hells Canyon Pres. Council v. U.S. Forest Serv., 403 F.3d 683, 689 (9th Cir. 2005); Carey v. King, 856 F.2d 1439, 1440-41
1 On January 5, 2023, plaintiff filed an unsigned application for leave to proceed in forma 26 pauperis. See ECF No. 2. In my January 24 order, I notified him that his application was disregarded since Rule 11 of the…