UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MAINE

DUSTIN BURNHAM, ) ) Plaintiff ) ) v. ) No. 2:25-cv-00371-JAW ) PORTLAND HOUSING ) AUTHORITY, ) ) Defendant )

RECOMMENDED DISMISSAL

Pro se Plaintiff Dustin Burnham initiated this suit against the Portland Housing Authority and filed a motion to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) on July 17, 2025. See ECF Nos. 1, 3. By order dated that same day, I denied Burnham’s IFP application after concluding he had not demonstrated an inability to pay the costs of this litigation and ordered him to pay this Court’s filing fee by July 31, 2025, failing which his case would be dismissed. See ECF No. 5. The Clerk’s Office mailed a copy of my order to Burnham; nevertheless, he did not pay the filing fee as directed. Burnham’s failure to pay the filing fee warrants dismissal of this action without prejudice. See, e.g., Gallant v. Town of Bowdoinham, No. 2:24-cv-00451-SDN,

, at *1 (D. Me. Jan. 17, 2025) (rec. dec.) (recommending dismissal of a pro se plaintiff’s case without prejudice for failure to pay the filing fee by the stated deadline where the court denied his IFP application, ordered him to pay the filing fee by a certain date, and warned him that failure to pay would mean dismissal of his case), aff’d,

(D. Me. Feb. 21, 2025); Crosson v. Keaten, No. 1:21-cv-00049-LEW,

, at *1-2 (D. Me. May 5, 2021) (rec. dec.) (recommending dismissal of a pro se plaintiff’s case without prejudice after she failed to file a revised IFP application or pay the filing fee

by the stated deadline), aff’d,

(D. Me. June 15, 2021). Accordingly, I recommend that this case be DISMISSED without prejudice.

NOTICE In accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(a), a party may serve and file an objection to this order within fourteen (14) days after being served with a copy thereof.

Failure to file a timely objection shall constitute a waiver of the right to review by the District Court and to any further appeal of this order.

Dated: August 5, 2025

/s/ Karen Frink Wolf United States Magistrate Judge