Ranson v. Ratliff

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI SOUTHEASTERN DIVISION

REBECCA RANSON, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 1:25-cv-00061-ACL ) MIKE RATLIFF, ) ) Defendant. )

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

This matter is before the Court upon review of the file. Plaintiff Rebecca Ranson commenced this employment discrimination action under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, against defendant Mike Ratliff in April 2025. ECF No. 1 at 1-2. On August 12, 2025, the Court issued an Order granting Plaintiff’s motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and directing Plaintiff to file an amended complaint within thirty (30) days on a Court-provided form and in compliance with the Court’s instructions. ECF No. 4. The Court cautioned Plaintiff that her failure to timely comply with the Order would result in the dismissal of the case without further notice. Id. at 8. Plaintiff’s response was due by September 11, 2025. To date, Plaintiff has neither responded to the Court’s Order, nor sought additional time to do so. Plaintiff was given meaningful notice of what was expected, she was cautioned that her case would be dismissed if she failed to timely comply, and she was given ample time to comply. The Court will therefore dismiss this action, without prejudice, due to Plaintiff’s failure to comply with the Court’s August 12, 2025, Order and her failure to prosecute her case. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b); see also Link v. Wabash R.R. Co., 370 U.S. 626, 630-31 (1962) (the authority of a court to dismiss sua sponte for lack of prosecution is inherent power governed “by the control necessarily vested in courts to manage their own affairs so as to achieve the orderly and expeditious disposition of cases”); Brown v. Frey, 806 F.2d 801, 803 (8th Cir. 1986) (a district court has the power to dismiss an action for the plaintiff's failure to comply with any court order). Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this case is DISMISSED without prejudice. A separate order of dismissal will be entered herewith. IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that an appeal from this dismissal would not be taken in good faith. Dated this 16" day of September, 2025.

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