Graham v. Chatham County Sheriff's Detention Center
Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA SAVANNAH DIVISION
JIMMIE ROBERT ) GRAHAM, III, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) CV420-288 ) Chatham County Sheriff’s ) Detention Center, ) ) Defendant. )
ORDER The Court previously directed pro se plaintiff Jimmie Robert Graham, III to file an Amended Complaint. See doc. 10 at 7. He has not complied with that Order. See generally docket. He has also failed to keep the Court apprised of his current address in violation of 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.”). See doc. 11. A district court retains the inherent power to police its docket and to enforce its orders. Link v. Wabash Railroad Co., 370 U.S. 626, 630-31 (1962); 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. 1983); Brown v. Tallahassee Police Dept., 2006 WL 3307444, *1 (11th Cir. 2006). Under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, a complaint may be dismissed either for failure to prosecute or for failure to comply with an order of the
court. Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b). Additionally, this Court’s Local Rules provide that the Court may dismiss an action for want of prosecution when a party has “willful[ly] disobe[yed] .. . any order of the Court” or for “[a]ny other failure to prosecute a civil action with reasonable promptness.” S.D. Ga. L.R. 41.1(b), (c). Plaintiffs disregard of this Court’s Order and Local Rules warrants dismissal of this action under Rule 41(b). No sanction short of dismissal
appears appropriate given his failure to show any interest in participating in this action. Mingo, 864 F.2d at 102; Goforth v. Owens, 766 F.2d 1583, 1534-85 (11th Cir. 1985). Accordingly, this case is DISMISSED without prejudice. The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED
to CLOSE this case. SO ORDERED, this 3rd day of March, 2023. Leighe A Mag CHRISTOPHER L. RAY UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
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