UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION

JADA BEY, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) No. 4:25-cv-678-AGF ) KATHERYN THURMANN, ) ) Respondent. )

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

This matter is before the Court upon review of the file. Petitioner Jada Bey commenced this civil action on May 9, 2025, by filing a document titled “Response to Court Order: June 2, 2023 – Davis-BEY V. COLE BREWER – 23-cv-507-HEA.” (ECF No. 1). The Court interpreted this filing as a habeas corpus petition. However, the filing was defective because it was not drafted on a Court form. Further, Petitioner did not pay a filing fee or request to proceed in forma pauperis. As such, on June 25, 2025, the Court directed Petitioner to file an amended petition on a Court form. (Id.) The Court also directed Petitioner to either pay the filing fee or file a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. (ECF No. 2). The Court cautioned Petitioner that her failure to timely comply with the Order would result in the dismissal of the case without further notice. (Id.) Plaintiff’s response was due by July 25, 2025. To date, Petitioner has neither responded to the Court’s Order, nor sought additional time to do so. Petitioner 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 Petitioner’s failure to comply with the Court’s June 25, 2025 Order and her failure to prosecute her case. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b); see also Link v. Wabash R.R. Co.,

(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,

(8th Cir. 1986) (a district court has the power to dismiss an action for the plaintiffs failure to comply with any court order). Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this case is DISMISSED without prejudice. IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that an appeal from this dismissal would not be taken in good faith. An Order of Dismissal will accompany this Memorandum and Order. Dated this 22nd day of August, 2025.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE