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John Mark QUAAK, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Officer BROWN; Officer Houston; Officer Smith; Officer Pugh Seyoff; Officer Fanning Segott; Defendant Cry; Defendant Katragradda; Defendant Thomas; Defendant Burleson; Defendant Rivas, Defendants-Appellees.
    No. 12-40468
    Summary Calendar.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    Jan. 17, 2013.
    John Mark Quaak, Amarillo, TX, pro se.
    
      Before HIGGINBOTHAM, OWEN, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM:

John Mark Quaak, Texas prisoner # 1436525, appeals the dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 lawsuit, alleging that officials with the Terrell Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, have violated his constitutional rights. The district court dismissed the lawsuit without prejudice pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b) because Quaak failed to comply with its order that he submit a properly certified inmate trust fund data sheet in support of his motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis.

A district court may sua sponte dismiss an action for failure to prosecute or to comply with any court order. Fed. R.CrvP. 41(b); McCullough v. Lynaugh, 835 F.2d 1126, 1127 (5th Cir.1988). Because the dismissal at issue was without prejudice and the applicable statute of limitations would not currently bar Quaak’s refiling of the suit, we review for an abuse of discretion. See Berry v. CIGNA/RSI-CIGNA, 975 F.2d 1188, 1190-91 (5th Cir.1992); McCullough, 835 F.2d at 1127; see also Wallace v. Kato, 549 U.S. 384, 387, 127 S.Ct. 1091, 166 L.Ed.2d 973 (2007); Cooper v. Brookshire, 70 F.3d 377, 380 n. 20 (5th Cir.1995); Tex. Civ. PRAC. & Rem. Code Ann. § 16.003(a).

Quaak conclusionally asserts that the district court judge was prejudiced against him, made false entries in the docket, and conspired with the defendants to keep his lawsuit out of court. However, he offers no explanation for his failure to comply with the district court’s order or for his delay in submitting the required trust fund data sheet, which he ultimately supplied after the dismissal of his case. Quaak has thus failed to show that the district court abused its discretion. See Fed.R.CivP. 41(b); McCullough, 835 F.2d at 1127. The district court’s judgment is therefore AFFIRMED. Quaak’s motion for the appointment of counsel, seeking to have counsel appointed to represent him in unspecified future civil and criminal matters, is DENIED. 
      
       Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.