IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA SOUTHERN DIVISION No. 7:22-CV-69-BO

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ex rel., ANDREW MARTIN, ) Plaintiff, v. ORDER HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, Defendant.

This cause comes before the Court on plaintiff-relator’s failure to respond to the Clerk of Court’s notice of the failure to effect service within ninety days pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m). [DE 20]. In that notice, plaintiff-relator was warned that failure to respond could result in dismissal of this case. /d. It further appears that relator Andrew Martin now proceeds pro se. See [DE 18]. A pro se party cannot appear on behalf of the United States in a qui tam action. Wojcicki v. SCANAJSCE&G,

, 244-46 (4th Cir. 2020). Accordingly, for the foregoing reasons, this action is hereby DISMISSED without prejudice. The Clerk is DIRECTED to also serve a copy of this order on the United States and to close the case.

SO ORDERED, this OF aay of March 2025.

Fs UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE