Jones v. Parkview Hospital

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA FORT WAYNE DIVISION

TED B. JONES, ) ) Plaintiff, ) Cause No. 1:25-cv-00372-HAB ) v. ) ) PARKVIEW HOSPITAL and DOCTOR ) MCGEE, JR., ) ) Defendants. )

OPINION AND ORDER

Plaintiff, Ted Jones, proceeding pro se, sued Defendants alleging medical malpractice. (ECF No. 1). Yet Plaintiff did not pay the filing fee or move to proceed without prepayment of the filing fee. The Court now orders him to either pay the filing fee or move to proceed without prepayment of the fee within 30 days of this Order. The Court also warns Plaintiff that if he fails to do so, his case will be dismissed without prejudice for failure to prosecute. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b); Sperow v. Melvin, 153 F.3d 780, 781 (7th Cir. 1998) (“The failure to pay a filing fee normally leads to dismissal for want of prosecution[.]”). For these reasons, the Court: (1) AFFORDS Plaintiff thirty (30) days from the date of this Order to pay the filing fee or move to proceed without prepayment of the filing fee; (2) DIRECTS the Clerk to send Plaintiff an AO239 form for the Northern District of Indiana; and (3) CAUTIONS Plaintiff that if he fails to comply with this Order, the Court will dismiss the case without further notice. So ORDERED on July 8, 2025.

s/ Holly A. Brady CHIEF JUDGE HOLLY A. BRADY UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT