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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
 EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI 
 EASTERN DIVISION 
 
DAVID C. LETTIERI, ) 
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Plaintiff, ) 
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v. )  No. 4:25-cv-1836-CMS 
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KEEFE GROUP, et al., ) 
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Defendants. ) 
 
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER 
 
This matter is before the Court upon review of the file. Plaintiff David C. Lettieri 
commenced this civil action on December 16, 2025. ECF No. 1. On April 10, 2026, the Court 
denied Plaintiff’s request to proceed without prepaying costs or fees and ordered Plaintiff to pay 
the filing fee in full. ECF No. 3. Plaintiff was given 21 days from the date of the Order to pay the 
filing fee. Id. The Court cautioned Plaintiff that his failure to timely comply with the Order 
would result in the dismissal of the case without further notice. 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 April 10, 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 
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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 8th day of May, 2026. 
 
 
 
    
  CRISTIAN M. STEVENS 
  UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 
  
  
 
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