Cruz v. Will Leather Goods ( 2020 )

USDC SDNY UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DOCUMENT . SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ELECTRONICALLY FILED . ump SHAEL CRUZ, DATE FILED: _________ Plaintiff, : : 20-CV-5143 (VSB) -against- : : ORDER WILL LEATHER GOODS, : Defendant. VERNON S. BRODERICK, United States District Judge: Plaintiff Shael Cruz filed this action on July 6, 2020, (Doc. 1), and an electronic summons was issued on July 7, 2020, (Doc. 4.) To date, Defendant has not appeared or responded to the complaint. On November 5, 2020, I entered an Order directing Plaintiff to move for a default judgment by November 20, 2020, or risk having this case dismissed for failure to prosecute. (Doc. 5.) To date, no action has been taken in this case and Plaintiff has demonstrated no intent to prosecute this action. Accordingly, this action is dismissed without prejudice for failure to prosecute pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b). See Link v. Wabash R.R. Co., 370 U.S. 626, 632 (1962) (“The authority of a court to dismiss sua sponte for lack of prosecution has generally been considered an inherent power . . . necessarily vested in courts to manage their own affairs so as to achieve the orderly and expeditious disposition of cases.” (internal quotation marks omitted)); LeSane v. Hall’s Sec. Analyst, Inc., 239 F.3d 206, 209 (2d Cir. 2001) (“Although the text of Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b) expressly addresses only the case in which a defendant moves for dismissal of an action, it is unquestioned that Rule 41(b) also gives the district court authority to dismiss a plaintiffs case sua sponte for failure to prosecute.”). The Clerk of Court is respectfully directed to close this case. SO ORDERED. Dated: November 24, 2020 New York, New York / f Vernon S. Broderick United States District Judge