Christopher Philyaw v. Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office, et al.

• Court: District Court, M.D. Georgia
• Decided: November 4, 2025
• Docket: 3:25-cv-00160
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA ATHENS DIVISION CHRISTOPHER PHILYAW, Plaintiff, v. CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:25-cv-00160-TES BALDWIN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, et al., Defendants.

ORDER

On October 6, 2025, the Clerk of Court received and docketed a Complaint [Doc. 1] for the above-captioned case, Case Number 3:25-cv-00160-TES. However, the Complaint was not accompanied by the Court’s filing fee or an Application to Proceed in District Court Without Prepaying Fees or Costs.1 In order for this action to proceed, the Court must receive either the required $405 filing fee or a fully completed Application to Proceed in District Court Without Prepaying Fees or Costs (the “Application”) bearing this civil action number by November 14, 2025. The Court DIRECTS the Clerk of Court to mail a copy of the Application to the address shown on the docket.

1 See https://www.uscourts.gov/forms/fee-waiver-application-forms/application-proceed-district-court- without-prepaying-fees-or. Failure to fully and timely comply with this Order may result in the immediate dismissal of this case pursuant to Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. See

Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b); Brown v. Tallahassee Police Dep’t, 205 F. App’x 802, 802 (11th Cir. 2006) (per curiam) (first citing Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b); and then citing Lopez v. Aransas Cnty. Indep. Sch. Dist., 570 F.2d 541, 544 (5th Cir. 1978)) (“The court may dismiss an

action sua sponte under Rule 41(b) for failure to prosecute or failure to obey a court order.”). SO ORDERED, this 4th day of November, 2025.

S/ Tilman E. Self, III TILMAN E. SELF, III UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE