Antonio Alexander McGee v. Kansas Department of Corrections

• Court: District Court, D. Kansas
• Decided: October 27, 2025
• Docket: 5:25-cv-03202
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS

ANTONIO ALEXANDER McGEE,

Plaintiff,

v. CASE NO. 25-3202-JWL

KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS,

Defendant.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER This matter is a civil rights action filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff, a prisoner in state custody, proceeds pro se. Plaintiff’s claims appear to be based on the recurring loss of his personal property. The Court entered an order (Doc. 2) denying Plaintiff leave to proceed in forma pauperis, finding Plaintiff is subject to the “three-strikes” provision under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). The Court examined the Complaint and found no showing of imminent danger of serious physical injury. The Court granted Plaintiff until October 23, 2025, to submit the $405.00 filing fee. The Court’s order provided that “[t]he failure to submit the fee by that date will result in the dismissal of this matter without prejudice and without additional prior notice.” (Doc. 2, at 2.) Plaintiff has failed to pay the filing fee but has filed a response (Doc. 3) to the order. In his response, Plaintiff states that since he filed this case, he has been given a cellmate with drug issues and been written up. Id. at 1. He attaches two disciplinary reports. The first is dated September 26, 2025, and charges Plaintiff with being in an altered state and possessing dangerous contraband. Id. at 3. The second is dated October 7, 2025, and charges Plaintiff with possessing dangerous contraband, disobeying orders, and threatening a corrections officer. Id. at 5. Plaintiff states that “[t]his is clearly harassment.” Id. at 2. As explained in the three-strikes order, “[t]o meet the only exception to the prepayment requirement, a prisoner who has accrued three strikes must make ‘specific, credible allegations of imminent danger of serious physical harm.’” Davis v. GEO Group Corr., 696 F. App’x 851, 854

(10th Cir. May 23, 2017) (unpublished) (quoting Hafed v. Fed. Bureau of Prisons, 635 F.3d 1172, 1179 (10th Cir. 2011) (emphasis added)). Moreover, allegations of past injury or harm are not sufficient to satisfy the imminent danger requirement. Barrett v. Workman, 486 F. App’x 706, 708 (10th Cir. 2012); Fuller v. Wilcox, 288 F. App’x 509, 511 (10th Cir. 2008). Rule 41(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure “authorizes a district court, upon a defendant’s motion, to order the dismissal of an action for failure to prosecute or for failure to comply with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or ‘a court order.’” Young v. U.S., 316 F. App’x 764, 771 (10th Cir. 2009) (citing Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b)). “This rule has been interpreted as permitting district courts to dismiss actions sua sponte when one of these conditions is met.” Id.

(citing Link v. Wabash R.R. Co., 370 U.S. 626, 630–31 (1962); Olsen v. Mapes, 333 F.3d 1199, 1204 n.3 (10th Cir. 2003)). “In addition, it is well established in this circuit that a district court is not obligated to follow any particular procedures when dismissing an action without prejudice under Rule 41(b).” Young, 316 F. App’x at 771–72 (citations omitted). Plaintiff has failed to pay the filing fee by the deadline set forth in the Court’s order and has failed to make a showing of imminent danger of serious physical injury. As a consequence, the Court dismisses this action without prejudice pursuant to Rule 41(b) for failure to comply with court orders. IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED BY THE COURT that this action is dismissed without prejudice pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b). IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated October 27, 2025, in Kansas City, Kansas.

S/ John W. Lungstrum JOHN W. LUNGSTRUM UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE