Finnegan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SEAN MATTHEW FINNEGAN, Case No. 21-cv-00823-BAS-DEB

Plaintiff,

ORDER DISMISSING ACTION

v. WITHOUT PREJUDICE

PALM BEACH COUNTY ANIMAL

CONTROL,

15 Defendant. 16 17 Plaintiff Sean Matthew Finnegan brought this action on April 27, 2021. (ECF No. 1.) On August 4, 2021, the Court ordered Plaintiff to show cause on or before August 25, 2021, why his action should not be dismissed for failure to complete service pursuant to Rule 4(m) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. (ECF No. 8.) The Court warned Plaintiff that a failure to file an adequate response to the Court’s Order can result in the Court dismissing the action. (Id.) “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 of a case.’” Ferdik v. Bonzelet, 963 F.2d 1258, 1260 (9th Cir. 1992) (quoting Thompson v. Hous. Auth. of L.A., 782 F.2d 829,…