1 JS-6 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 WILLIAM A. MASTERS, II, Case No. CV 20-02850 DSF (PVCx)

12 Plaintiff, ORDER DISMISSING ACTION 13 v. 14 UNITED NATIONS, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff William A. Masters, II, a pro se California resident, purports to bring this 18 civil action on behalf of Exxon-Mobil under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23.1. (Dkt. 19 1, Complaint at 3) (original pagination). On April 8, 2020, the Court denied Plaintiff’s 20 request to proceed in forma pauperis on the ground that a representative shareholder in a 21 derivative action must be represented by counsel. (Dkt. 7) (citing, inter alia, Simon v. 22 Hartford Life, Inc.,

(9th Cir. 2008); Phillips v. Tobin,

, 23 415 (2d Cir. 1976)). Plaintiff was cautioned that this action would be dismissed within 24 thirty days unless he obtained representation and appeared through counsel. 25 \\ 26 \\ 27 \\ 28 \\ 1 The Court’s deadline has passed and the docket does not reflect that Plaintiff has 2 || secured counsel. Accordingly, this action is dismissed without prejudice. 3 4 IT IS SO ORDERED. 5 || DATED: May 12, 2020 ) □ hoe. A. le ache 6 Honorable Dale S. Fischer 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28