Burton v. City of New York

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

LEROY BURTON, : Plaintiff, : : 21 Civ. 6928 (JPC) -y- : : ORDER CITY OF NEW YORK et al., : Defendants. :

JOHN P. CRONAN, United States District Judge: Defendants shall file a status letter by August 5, 2022 indicating whether Plaintiff has complied with the Court’s prior Order directing him to provide Defendants with answers to certain identification interrogatories, Dkt. 21, and if not, whether they seek dismissal of this action on the basis of Plaintiff's failure to prosecute. See Fed R. Civ. P. 41(b); see also, e.g., Mackensworth vy. S.S. Am. Merch,, 28 F.3d 246, 253 (2d Cir. 1994) (“Dismissal of a claim may .. . be an appropriate sanction for failure to prosecute a claim or failure to comply with discovery orders.”). The Clerk of Court is respectfully directed to mail this Order to the pro se Plaintiff. SO ORDERED. Dated: July 25, 2022 fh New York, New York JOHN P. CRONAN United States District Judge