ORDER

GRAHAM C. MULLEN, District Judge.

THIS MATTER is before the Court on Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgement, or, alternatively, Motion to Dismiss (Doc. No. 12). Defendant argues that Plaintiff has failed to prosecute her case by not filing a motion for summary judgment in compliance with the Court's Scheduling Order. (Doc. No. 12). The Court Ordered Plaintiff to file a motion for summary judgment by July 8, 2019. (Text-Only Order entered May 7, 2019). On July 9, 2019, after Plaintiff missed that deadline, the Court then resent that Order by mail to Plaintiff. (Text-Only Order entered July 9, 2019). However, Plaintiff still has not filed a motion for summary judgment.

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b) permits a Court to dismiss a case where "the plaintiff fails to prosecute or to comply with [the] rules or a court order." The Fourth Circuit has "identified four criteria that guide a district court's discretion in dismissing a case under Rule 41(b). Attkisson v. Holder, 925 F.3d 606, 625 (4th Cir. 2019). Such an exercise should weigh: `(1) the plaintiff's degree of personal responsibility; (2) the amount of prejudice caused the defendant; (3) the presence of a drawn out history of deliberately proceeding in a dilatory fashion; and (4) the effectiveness of sanctions less drastic than dismissal.' Id. (citation omitted).

Here, Plaintiff is proceeding pro se and, therefore, bears the entire responsibility of prosecuting the case. See Feagin v. Blockbuster, Inc., 3:09-cv-00532-RJC, 2016 WL 3148390, at *2 (W.D.N.C. June 2, 2016). Further, Defendant has now waited more than eight months for Plaintiff to file a motion for summary judgment to resolve this appeal from the Commissioner of Social Security's decision. During that time, Defendant was able to file a threadbare addendum (Doc. No. 14) but still declined to comply with the Court's order, illustrating that the drawn-out, eight-month delay was deliberate. However, the Court believes at this time that a less drastic sanction than dismissal may be effective. Thus, the Court HEREBY ORDERS Plaintiff to provide his motion for summary judgment by March 30, 2020. Plaintiff is warned that if he does not provide a motion for summary judgment by that time, the Court will dismiss this case under Rule 41(b).

SO ORDERED.