UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA TERRE HAUTE DIVISION ALAN DAVID TIKAL, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 2:23-cv-00128-JPH-MKK ) INTERNAL REVENUE SVC, ) COMMISSIONER, ) IRS Milwaukee, ) IRS EMPLOYEES Unknown, ) ) Defendants. ) ORDER DISMISSING CASE On March 16, 2023, Plaintiff Alan David Tikal filed this complaint without paying the filing fee. Dkt. 1; see

. He moved to proceed in forma pauperis, dkt. 2, which the Court denied because he has "struck out" under

(g), dkt. 6 at 1. The Court gave him until April 14 to pay the filing fee.

. He did not do so. The Court then extended the deadline to May 5. Dkt. 8 at 2. It warned him that the failure to pay the filing fee by that date "will result in the dismissal of this action without further notice."

May 5 has come and gone, and Mr. Tikal has not paid the filing fee. Thus, the Court DISMISSES this case. Because of the early stage of this case, the dismissal is without prejudice. See Hill v. United States,

(7th Cir. 2014). Final judgment will issue by separate entry. SO ORDERED. Date: 5/12/2023 Sjamu Patrick Hanley James Patrick Hanlon United States District Judge Southern District of Indiana Distribution: ALAN DAVID TIKAL 69252-0097 TERRE HAUTE - FCI TERRE HAUTE FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION Inmate Mail/Parcels P.O. BOX 33 TERRE HAUTE, IN 47808