1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

2 DISTRICT OF NEVADA

3 LAUSTEVEION JOHNSON, ) 4 ) Plaintiff, ) Case No.: 2:17-cv-00156-GMN-DJA 5 vs. ) ) ORDER 6 RASHONDA SMITH, et al., ) 7 ) Defendants. ) 8 ) 9 10 Pending before the Court is the Motion for an Order to Show Cause, (ECF No. 55), filed 11 by Defendants James Cox, James Dzurenda, Rashonda Smith, Jo Gentry, and Brian Williams 12 (“Defendants”). Plaintiff Lausteveion Johnson did not filed a response, and the deadline to do 13 so was August 4, 2020. Defendants contend that the Court should issue an order to show cause 14 regarding Plaintiff’s failure to pay the filing fees for this matter, as required by the Court’s May 15 8, 2019 Order, (ECF No. 24), revoking Plaintiff’s in forma pauperis status. 16 Since the Order revoking Plaintiff’s in forma pauperis status, Plaintiff has failed to pay 17 any amount of outstanding filing fees for this action, and failure to make such payments is a 18 sufficient basis for dismissal without prejudice. See, e.g., Akers v. Keszei, No. 2:07-cv-00572- 19 JCM,

, at *3 (D. Nev. Mar. 14, 2012), report and recommendation adopted, 20 No. 2:07-cv-00572-JCM,

(D. Nev. Apr. 18, 2012) (“Failure to pay the filing 21 fee will result in dismissal of this action without prejudice.”); Arpino v. Cherry, No. 3:17-cv- 22 00527-MMD-VPC,

, at *2 (D. Nev. May 16, 2018) (ordering dismissal of 23 the case without prejudice “based on Plaintiff's failure to pay the filing fee in compliance with 24 this Court’s April 10, 2018 Order”). But before dismissal of this matter will occur, the Court 25 provides Plaintiff an opportunity to cure all outstanding filing fees or show cause as to why the 1 Court should excuse Plaintiff’s failure to pay the requisite fees. Plaintiff has until August 14, 2 2020, to do so. Accordingly, 3 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendants’ Motion for Order to Show Cause, (ECF 4 No. 55), is GRANTED. 5 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff has until 5:00 PM on August 14, 2020, to 6 either pay the outstanding filing fees owed as required by the Court’s Order, (ECF No. 24), 7 revoking Plaintiff’s in forma pauperis status, or show cause as to why Plaintiff is wholly unable 8 to pay the outstanding filing fees in this matter. Failure to pay the outstanding filing fees by 9 August 14, 2020, or show cause warranting excusal of payment will result in dismissal of this 10 action without prejudice. 11 DATED this __5___ day of August, 2020. 12 13 ___________________________________ Gloria M. Navarro, District Judge 14 United States District Court 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25