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

• Court: District Court, M.D. Georgia
• Decided: February 2, 2026
• Docket: 3:25-cv-00160
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA ATHENS DIVISION

CHRISTOPHER SHAWN : PHILYAW, : : Plaintiff, : : VS. : : NO. 3:25-cv-00160-TES-CHW BALDWIN COUNTY SHERIFF’S : OFFICE, et al., : : Defendants. :

ORDER Pro se Plaintiff Christopher Sean Philyaw filed a civil complaint and moved to proceed in forma pauperis. ECF No. 1; ECF No. 6. In his motion to proceed in forma pauperis, Plaintiff indicated he has $20,000.00 in cash, $15,000.00 in a checking account, $5,000.00 in a savings account, “billions” in cryptocurrency, and is owed more than $100,000,000.00 by Johnson & Johnson. ECF No. 6 at 2–3. Based on these figures, the Court determined that Plaintiff has sufficient assets (cash and money in checking and savings account) to pay the civil action filing fee of $405.00. The Court, therefore, denied Plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis and ordered him to pay the filing fee if he wanted to proceed with his civil action. ECF No. 8. Plaintiff failed to respond to the Court’s Order. The Court, therefore, ordered Plaintiff to show cause why his case should not be dismissed for failure to respond to the Court’s Order and prosecute his action. ECF No. 9. Again, Plaintiff failed to respond. Due to Plaintiff’s failure to follow the Court’s Orders and prosecute this action, the Tallahassee Police Dep’t, 205 F. App’x 802, 802 (11th Cir. 2006) (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 2nd day of February, 2026.

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