Brown v. Pheobe Putney Memorial Hospital

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA SAVANNAH DIVISION

JAMES ALLEN BROWN, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) CV421-038 ) PHEOBE PUTNEY ) MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, ) Emergency Room ) ALBANY JAIL/DOUGHERTY ) COUNTY JAIL, and ) DIAGNOSTICS/JACKSON GDC, ) ) Defendants. )

ORDER The Court entered a Report and Recommendation (R&R) recommending the dismissal of plaintiff’s claims related to the denial of a cane while at Georgia State Prison and transfer of the remaining claims to the Middle District of Georgia. Doc. 6. The Clerk of Court mailed the R&R to the address provided by plaintiff, but it was returned as undeliverable. Doc. 7. The Local Rules of this Court require all litigants to notify the Court of any changes to their address, including release from incarceration and transfer to a different detention facility. S.D. Ga. L.R. 11.1 (“Each attorney and pro se litigant has a continuing obligation to apprise the Court of any address change.”). Though plaintiff failed to comply with this rule in the instant case, he did provide the required

notice in Brown v. (CCA) Coffee Cnty. Corr. Facility, CV5:21-007, doc. 9 (S.D. Ga. Jan. 29, 2021). In order to ensure that plaintiff has an opportunity to file any

objections to the Court’s R&R, the Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to mail a copy of this Order and the R&R to the address provided by plaintiff in

CV5:21-007. Plaintiff is DIRECTED to file any objections to the R&R within 14 days of this Order. He is further DIRECTED to file a notice with the Court providing his current address with 14 days of this Order.

Plaintiff is reminded that failure to abide by the Court’s Orders and Rules will result in the dismissal of his case. See S.D. Ga L.R. 41(b); see, Link v. Wabash R.R. Co., 370 U.S. 626, 630–31 (1962) (courts have the

inherent authority to dismiss claims for lack of prosecution); Mingo v. Sugar Cane Growers Co-op, 864 F.2d 101, 102 (11th Cir. 1989); Jones v. Graham, 709 F.2d 1457, 1458 (11th Cir. 1988); Floyd v. United States, CV491-277 (S.D. Ga. June 10, 1992). SO ORDERED, this 2nd day of June, 2021.

bin. CHRISTOPHER L. RAY| UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA