Yocom v. County of Tulare, et al.

Filing 4

FINDINGS and RECOMMENDATIONS recommending that this Action be DISMISSED Without Prejudice, for Plaintiff's Failure to Pay the Filing Fee or Submit an Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis in Compliance With the Court's Order re 1 Complaint signed by Magistrate Judge Stanley A. Boone on 2/7/2018. Referred to Judge Ishii. Objections to F&R due within thirty (30) days. (Jessen, A)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 MICHAEL ALAN YOCOM, Plaintiff, 11 FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS RECOMMENDING DISMISSING ACTION FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH COURT ORDER v. 12 13 Case No. 1:17-cv-01643-AWI-SAB COUNTY OF TULARE, et al., THIRTY DAY DEADLINE 14 Defendants. 15 16 Plaintiff Michael Alan Yocom, a pretrial detainee proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights 17 action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed a complaint on December 7, 2017, and an 18 application to proceed in forma pauperis by a prisoner. Plaintiff did not include a certified copy 19 of his trust account statement showing transactions for the past six months as required. On 20 December 11, 2017, Plaintiff was ordered to either submit an application to proceed in forma 21 pauperis which included a certified copy of his trust account statement or pay the filing fee 22 within forty-five days. (ECF No. 3.) Plaintiff has not filed an application which includes a 23 certified copy of his trust account statement or otherwise responded to the December 11, 2017 24 order. 25 II. 26 DISCUSSION 27 Local Rule 110 provides that “[f]ailure of counsel or of a party to comply with these 28 Rules or with any order of the Court may be grounds for imposition by the Court of any and all 1 1 sanctions . . . within the inherent power of the Court.” The Court has the inherent power to 2 control its docket and may, in the exercise of that power, impose sanctions where appropriate, 3 including dismissal of the action. Bautista v. Los Angeles County, 216 F.3d 837, 841 (9th Cir. 4 2000). 5 A court may dismiss an action based on a party’s failure to prosecute an action, failure to 6 obey a court order, or failure to comply with local rules. See, e.g. Ghazali v. Moran, 46 F.3d 52, 7 53-54 (9th Cir. 1995) (dismissal for noncompliance with local rule); Ferdik v. Bonzelet, 963 F.2d 8 1258, 1260-61 (9th Cir. 1992) (dismissal for failure to comply with an order to file an amended 9 complaint); Carey v. King, 856 F.2d 1439, 1440-41 (9th Cir. 1988) (dismissal for failure to 10 comply with local rule requiring pro se plaintiffs to keep court apprised of address); Malone v. 11 United States Postal Serv., 833 F.2d 128, 130 (9th Cir. 1987) (dismissal for failure to comply 12 with court order); Henderson v. Duncan, 779 F.2d 1421, 1424 (9th Cir. 1986) (dismissal for lack 13 of prosecution and failure to comply with local rules). 14 Plaintiff was ordered to either file an application to proceed in forma pauperis or pay the 15 filing fee within forty-five days of the order filed on December 11, 2017. In the order, Plaintiff 16 was advised that failure to comply with the order would result in the recommendation that this 17 action be dismissed. (ECF No. 3 at 2) More than forty-five days have passed and Plaintiff has 18 not filed the application to proceed in forma pauperis, paid the filing fee in this action, or 19 otherwise responded to the Court’s order. Plaintiff has failed to comply with the order requiring 20 him to pay the filing fee or demonstrate that he is eligible to proceed without prepayment of the 21 fee. For this reason, the Court recommends that this action be dismissed. 22 III. 23 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION 24 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY RECOMMENDED that this action be dismissed without 25 prejudice, for Plaintiff’s failure to pay the filing fee or submit an application to proceed in forma 26 pauperis in compliance with the Court’s order. 27 These findings and recommendations are submitted to the district judge assigned to this 28 action, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and this Court’s Local Rule 304. Within thirty (30) 2 1 days of service of this recommendation, Plaintiff may file written objections to this findings and 2 recommendations with the Court. Such a document should be captioned “Objections to 3 Magistrate Judge’s Findings and Recommendations.” The district judge will review the 4 magistrate judge’s findings and recommendations pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C). 5 Plaintiff is advised that failure to file objections within the specified time may result in the 6 waiver of rights on appeal. Wilkerson v. Wheeler, 772 F.3d 834, 839 (9th Cir. 2014) (citing 7 Baxter v. Sullivan, 923 F.2d 1391, 1394 (9th Cir. 1991)). 8 9 IT IS SO ORDERED. 10 Dated: February 7, 2018 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 3

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