1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

2 DISTRICT OF NEVADA

3 RONNIE EDWARDS, Case No. 2:19-cv-00806-RFB-VCF 4 Plaintiff ORDER 5 v.

6 NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS et al., 7 Defendants 8 9 This action began with a pro se civil rights complaint filed under

10 by the formerly incarcerated Plaintiff Ronnie Edwards. On September 16, 2020, this 11 Court issued an order directing Plaintiff to file his updated address on or before October 16, 2020. (ECF No. 44). The deadline has now expired, and Plaintiff has not filed his 12 updated address or otherwise responded to the Court’s order. 13 District courts have the inherent power to control their dockets and “[i]n the 14 exercise of that power, they may impose sanctions including, where appropriate . . . 15 dismissal” of a case. Thompson v. Hous. Auth. of City of Los Angeles,

, 831 16 (9th Cir. 1986). A court may dismiss an action, with prejudice, based on a party’s failure 17 to prosecute an action, failure to obey a court order, or failure to comply with local rules. 18 See Ghazali v. Moran,

(9th Cir. 1995) (affirming dismissal for 19 noncompliance with local rule); Ferdik v. Bonzelet,

(9th Cir. 20 1992) (affirming dismissal for failure to comply with an order requiring amendment of 21 complaint); Carey v. King,

(9th Cir. 1988) (affirming dismissal 22 for failure to comply with local rule requiring pro se plaintiffs to keep court apprised of 23 address); Malone v. U.S. Postal Service,

(9th Cir. 1987) (affirming 24 dismissal for failure to comply with court order); Henderson v. Duncan,

, 25 1424 (9th Cir. 1986) (affirming dismissal for lack of prosecution and failure to comply with 26 local rules). 27 In determining whether to dismiss an action for lack of prosecution, failure to obey 1 (1) the public’s interest in expeditious resolution of litigation; (2) the court’s need to 2 manage its docket; (3) the risk of prejudice to the defendants; (4) the public policy favoring 3 disposition of cases on their merits; and (5) the availability of less drastic alternatives. 4 See Thompson,

; Henderson,

; Malone,

130; Ferdik,

; Ghazali,

. 6 Here, the Court finds that the first two factors, the public’s interest in expeditiously resolving this litigation and the Court’s interest in managing the docket, weigh in favor of 7 dismissal. The third factor, risk of prejudice to Defendants, also weighs in favor of 8 dismissal, since a presumption of injury arises from the occurrence of unreasonable delay 9 in filing a pleading ordered by the court or prosecuting an action. See Anderson v. Air 10 West,

(9th Cir. 1976). The fourth factor—public policy favoring 11 disposition of cases on their merits—is greatly outweighed by the factors in favor of 12 dismissal discussed herein. Finally, a court’s warning to a party that his failure to obey 13 the court’s order will result in dismissal satisfies the “consideration of alternatives” 14 requirement. Ferdik,

; Malone,

; Henderson, 779 15 F.2d at 1424. The Court’s order requiring Plaintiff to file his updated address with the 16 Court on or before October 16, 2020 expressly stated: “Failure to comply with this rule 17 may result in the dismissal of the action, entry of default judgment, or other sanctions as 18 deemed appropriate by the court.” (ECF No. 44). Thus, Plaintiff had adequate warning 19 that dismissal would result from his noncompliance with the Court’s order to file his 20 updated address by October 16, 2020. 21 It is therefore ordered that this action is dismissed without prejudice based on 22 Plaintiff’s failure to file an updated address in compliance with this Court’s September 16, 23 2020, order. 24 /// 25 /// 26 /// 27 /// /// 1 It is further ordered that the application to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 16) 2|| is denied as moot. 3 It is further ordered that the Clerk of Court will close the case and enter judgment 4|| accordingly. 6 DATED: October 21, 2020.

: RICHARD.E. BOWAWARE, II United States District Judge 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28