Duvall v. National Links Trust

• Court: District Court, District of Columbia
• Decided: June 2, 2025
• Docket: Civil Action No. 2025-1034
• Status: Published

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

VERNEL DUVALL,

Plaintiff,

v. Civil Action No. 25-1034 (TJK)

NATIONAL LINKS TRUST,

Defendant.

MEMORANDUM

In early April 2025, Defendant removed this case from D.C. Superior Court. On April 14,

Defendant moved to dismiss. The next day, the Court entered a Fox Order ordering Plaintiff to

respond by April 29, 2025, and if not, advising him that the Court may treat Defendant’s motion

as conceded and dismiss the case. A copy of that order was sent to Plaintiff’s address of record.

When the deadline passed with no response from Plaintiff, the Court ordered Plaintiff to show

cause by May 19, 2025, why it should not treat Defendant’s motion as conceded. See Min. Order

of May 5, 2025. The docket reflects no response from Plaintiff to that order either. Indeed, Plain-

tiff has filed nothing on the docket since the case was removed. For these reasons, pursuant to

Local Rule 83.23 and the Court’s “inherent power to dismiss a case sua sponte for a plaintiff’s

failure to prosecute or otherwise comply with a court order,” Peterson v. Archstone Communities

LLC, 637 F.3d 416, 418 (D.C. Cir. 2011), the Court will dismiss the case without prejudice. A

separate order will issue.

/s/ Timothy J. Kelly _____ TIMOTHY J. KELLY United States District Judge Date: June 2, 2025