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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA
`INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION
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`NATASHA LYNETTE BOLES,
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` Plaintiff,
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`ELI LILLY AND CO.,
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` Defendant.
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` No. 1:15-cv-00351-JMS-DKL
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`ORDER
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`On March 22, 2016, the Magistrate Judge granted a Motion to Withdraw as Counsel filed
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`by counsel for Plaintiff Natasha Boles. [Filing No. 60.] The Magistrate Judge stated “[o]n or
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`before April 18, 2016, Ms. Boles shall advise the court, in writing, if she intends to pursue this
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`case with counsel or if she intends to pursue this matter representing herself (pro se). Plaintiff’s
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`failure to comply with this order will result in the undersigned recommending dismissal of her case
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`without prejudice for failure to prosecute.” [Filing No. 60 at 1 (emphasis omitted).] Ms. Boles
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`did not advise the Court by April 18, 2016 whether she intends to pursue this action and, in fact,
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`has not done so to date. On April 26, 2016, the Magistrate Judge noted that Ms. Boles had failed
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`to comply with the March 22, 2016 Order, and recommended that her case be dismissed for failure
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`to prosecute her claims. [Filing No. 61.]
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`Because Ms. Boles failed to comply with the March 22, 2016 Order – even after being
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`warned that failure to comply would result in dismissal of her claims – the Court finds that
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`dismissal of her claims without prejudice is appropriate. See Link v. Wabash R. Co., 370 U.S. 626,
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`630-31 (1962) (“The authority of a court to dismiss sua sponte for lack of prosecution has generally
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`been considered an ‘inherent power,’ governed not by rule or statute but by the control necessarily
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`Case 1:15-cv-00351-JMS-DKL Document 62 Filed 07/06/16 Page 2 of 2 PageID #: 816
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`vested in courts to manage their own affairs so as to achieve the orderly and expeditious
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`disposition of cases.”); see also GCIU Employer Retirement Fund v. Chicago Tribune Co., 8 F.3d
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`1195, 1198-99 (7th Cir. 1993) (“[A] party cannot decide for itself when it feels like pressing its
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`action and when it feels like taking a break because trial judges have a responsibility to litigants to
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`keep their court calendars as current as humanly possible.” (quotation omitted)).
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`Accordingly, the Court DISMISSES Ms. Boles’ claims WITHOUT PREJUDICE for
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`failure to prosecute.
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`Distribution via ECF only to all counsel of record
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`Distribution via United States Mail to:
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`Natasha Lynette Boles
`3525 Normandy Ave.
`Apt. 206
`Rockford, IL 61103
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`Date: July 6, 2016
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