ORDER

KIMBERLY J. MUELLER, District Judge.

The court has previously issued plaintiff two orders to show cause. (ECF Nos. 8, 10.) In the first, erroneously stating that defendants had been served on July 31, 2013, the court ordered plaintiff to explain why the matter should not be dismissed for failure to prosecute. (ECF No. 8.) Responding, plaintiff filed a declaration attesting that as of January 29, 2014, "plaintiff's process server was still attempting to perfect service." (Malakauskas Decl. ¶ 2, ECF No. 9.) Accordingly, the court discharged the order. (ECF No. 10.)

In discharging the first order, however, the court simultaneously issued a second, ordering plaintiff to explain why he had failed to timely effect service as required under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(m). (Id.) In response, on February 13, 2014, plaintiff filed only a proof of service showing that one of the two named defendants, Luis Angel Ramirez Gomez, had been served on August 2, 2013. (ECF No. 11.)

Accordingly, on February 25, 2014, the court dismissed defendant Frank Kapiniaris from the action for plaintiff's failure to timely effect service. (ECF No. 13.) The court also directed plaintiff to seek an entry of default and move for a default judgment against defendant Luis Angel Ramirez Gomez within thirty days of the date of that order. (Id.) The court noted that "failure to do so [would] result in dismissal of the action." (Id.)

To date, plaintiff has not sought an entry of default and has yet to move for a default judgment against defendant Luis Angel Ramirez Gomez. Because the thirty days within which plaintiff was directed to seek an entry of default elapsed on March 27, 2014, the court dismisses this action and orders the clerk to close the case.

IT IS SO ORDERED.