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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 A. BOLTON, Case No. 19-cv-05212-WHO

Plaintiff,

ORDER DISMISSING CASE FOR

v. FAILURE TO PROSECUTE

CITY OF BERKELEY, et al., Defendants.

12 In the last seven months, I have repeated instructions on how pro se plaintiff A. Bolton can move forward with this case by providing me with his full legal name or explaining why he wishes to proceed anonymously pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 10(a). I gave him multiple opportunities to follow my instructions and most recently extended his deadline to respond to my order by July 6, 2020. Instead of responding to the issue at hand, he filed a “motion for sanctions” which I DENY. Dkt. No. 44. Now, I am left with no choice but to DISMISS this case, without prejudice, for failure to prosecute and obey court orders. BACKGROUND At the November 20, 2019 hearing on defendants’ motion to dismiss, I instructed Bolton that, in order to move forward…