(PC) Dove v. Merced County District Attorney Office

BACKGROUND

Plaintiff filed the instant action on April 10, 2023. On April 18, 2023, the Court directed Plaintiff to submit an application to proceed in forma pauperis or pay the $402.00 filing fee. (ECF No. 5.) Plaintiff failed to respond to the Court’s April 18, 2023 order. Therefore, on June 12, 2023, the Court ordered Plaintiff to show cause within fourteen days why the action should not be dismissed. (ECF No. 6.) Plaintiff has not responded to the order to show cause and the time to do so has passed. Accordingly, dismissal is warranted. /// /// /// II. LEGAL STANDARD Local Rule 110 provides that “[f]ailure...of a party to comply with these Rules or with any order of the Court may be grounds for imposition by the Court of any and all sanctions...within the inherent power of the Court.” District courts have the inherent power to control their dockets and “[i]n the exercise of that power they may impose sanctions including, where appropriate,...dismissal.” Thompson v. Hous. Auth., 782 F.2d 829, 831 (9th Cir. 1986). A court may dismiss…