Anastas v. Commissioner of Social Security, No. 3:2020cv00156 - Document 21 (S.D. Ill. 2020)

Court Description: MEMORANDUM AND OPINION. This case is DISMISSED with prejudice. The Clerk of Court shall enter judgment accordingly.Signed by Magistrate Judge Mark A. Beatty on 8/17/2020. (jmt)

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Anastas v. Commissioner of Social Security Doc. 21 Case 3:20-cv-00156-MAB Document 21 Filed 08/17/20 Page 1 of 2 Page ID #675 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS STEPHANIE M. ANASTAS, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, vs. COMMISSIONER of SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant. Civil No. 20-cv-156-MAB 1 MEMORANDUM AND ORDER BEATTY, Magistrate Judge: In accordance with 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), the pro se plaintiff seeks judicial review of the final agency decision denying her application for social security disability benefits pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 423. Plaintiff’s brief was originally due by June 5, 2020. When plaintiff missed that deadline, the Court issued a Notice of Impending Dismissal. In that Notice, the Court gave plaintiff an extension to August 6, 2020, in which to file her brief. The Court then gave Plaintiff another extension to August 28, 2020. (Docs. 16, 18, 19). The Notice, Doc. 18, warned Plaintiff that failure to file her brief as ordered “may result in sanctions, including the dismissal of this case.” On August 14, 2020, Plaintiff responded to the Notice by requesting that her case be dismissed. See, Doc. 20. Plaintiff has failed to file a brief as ordered and has failed to diligently pursue 1 This case was assigned to the undersigned for final disposition upon consent of the parties pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §636(c). See, Doc. 13. 1 Dockets.Justia.com Case 3:20-cv-00156-MAB Document 21 Filed 08/17/20 Page 2 of 2 Page ID #676 this case. This Court gave plaintiff the “warning shot” required by Ball v. City of Chicago, 2 F.3d 752, 755 (7th Cir. 1993) in Docs. 18 and 19. Pursuant to Johnson v. Chicago Board of Education, 718 F.3d 731 (7th Cir. 2013), the Court has considered whether a sanction short of dismissal of this case might be fruitful and finds that it would not. Therefore, this case is DISMISSED with prejudice. The Clerk of Court shall enter judgment accordingly. IT IS SO ORDERED. DATE: August 17, 2020 s/ Mark A. Beatty MARK A. BEATTY UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 2

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