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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
EASTERN DIVISION
RODNEY A. CAMPBELL, )
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Plaintiff, )
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v. ) No. 4:26-cv-162-AGF
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ST. CHARLES COUNTY, MO, et al., )
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Defendants. )
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
This matter is before the Court upon review of the file. On June 17, 2026, the Court
directed Plaintiff to file an application to proceed in district court without prepaying fees or costs
or pay the full filing fee. ECF No. 4. Plaintiff was given 21 days to respond to the Order. Id.
To date, Plaintiff has neither responded to the Court’s Order, nor sought additional time to
do so. Plaintiff was given meaningful notice of what was expected, he was cautioned that his
case would be dismissed if he failed to timely comply, and he was given ample time to comply.
The Court will therefore dismiss this action, without prejudice, due to Plaintiff’s failure to
comply with the Court’s June 17, 2026 Order and his failure to prosecute his case. See Fed. R.
Civ. P. 41(b); see also Link v. Wabash R.R. Co., 370 U.S. 626, 630-31 (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, 806 F.2d 801, 803 (8th Cir. 1986) (a district
court has the power to dismiss an action for the plaintiff’s 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 20th day of July, 2026.
AUDREY G. FLEISSIG
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE