Dearing v. Yazoo County Regional Correctional Facility et al, No. 5:2013cv00130 - Document 8 (S.D. Miss. 2013)

Court Description: ORDER of Dismissal Without Prejudice for failure to obey the Court's orders and to prosecute. A separate final judgment will be entered pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 58. Signed by Honorable David C. Bramlette, III on 12/17/2013 (dtj)

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Dearing v. Yazoo County Regional Correctional Facility et al Doc. 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI WESTERN DIVISION WILLIAM D’WAYNE DEARING, # 147239 VERSUS PLAINTIFF CAUSE NO. 5:13cv130-DCB-MTP YAZOO COUNTY REGIONAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, DEPUTY WHITE, and NURSE LOFTON DEFENDANTS ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE This matter is before the Court sua sponte. Pro se Plaintiff William D’Wayne Dearing initiated this action on August 28, 2013. He is incarcerated with the Mississippi Department of Corrections. On September 20, 2013, the Court sent Plaintiff notice of the Prison Litigation Reform Act, an Acknowledgment of Receipt and Certification, and a form for voluntary dismissal. The Court ordered him to sign and file either the Acknowledgment or the voluntary dismissal. By separate Order [5] the Court directed Plaintiff to either pay the filing and administrative fees or amend his application to proceed in forma pauperis, “specifically, the section entitled ‘Certificate to Be Completed by Authorized Officer’ of prison accounts or file an affidavit specifically stating the name of the prison official contacted concerning the Certificate and why this information is not provided to this court.” (Dkt. 5 at 1). The responses were due by October 21. Having received no response, on November 18, the Court entered the Order to Show Cause [6], ordering Plaintiff to show cause by December 2, why the case should not be dismissed for failure to prosecute or to obey Orders of the Court. All three Orders [4, 5, 6] were sent to Plaintiff’s address of record. The first two were Dockets.Justia.com not not returned as undeliverable. The Order to Show Cause was returned, however, and the envelope was marked, “Refused. 3A, Zone D, Bed 335.” (Dkt. 7 at 1). To date he has not responded nor otherwise contacted the Court. The Court has warned Plaintiff that failure to comply “will be deemed as a purposeful delay and contumacious act by the plaintiff and may result in this case being dismissed.” (Dkt. 4 at 2). See also (Dkt. 5 at 1-2); (Dkt. 6 at 2). It is apparent from his failure to respond or otherwise communicate with the Court that Plaintiff lacks interest in pursuing this claim. The Court has the authority to dismiss an action for the plaintiff’s failure to prosecute or obey a Court order, under Rule 41(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and under the Court’s inherent authority to dismiss the action sua sponte. Link v. Wabash R.R., 370 U.S. 626, 630-31 (1962). The Court must be able to clear its calendars of cases that remain dormant because of the inaction or dilatoriness of the parties seeking relief, so as to achieve the orderly and expeditious disposition of cases. Such a sanction is necessary in order to prevent undue delays in the disposition of pending cases and to avoid congestion in the calendars of the Court. Id. at 629-30. Since Defendants have never been called upon to respond to the Complaint nor appeared in this action, and since the Court has not considered the merits of the claims, the case is dismissed without prejudice. IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that, for the reasons stated above, this case should be and is hereby DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE for failure to obey the Court’s orders and to prosecute. A separate final judgment will be entered pursuant to Federal 2 Rule of Civil Procedure 58. SO ORDERED AND ADJUDGED, this the 17th day of December, 2013. s/ David Bramlette UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 3

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