Williams v. Helena-West Helena Arkansas, City of et al

Filing 19

ORDER OF DISMISSAL: The Court finds that the case must be involuntarily dismissed without prejudice for failure to follow the Court's 10/16/2017 Order; and directing the Clerk to close the case. All pending motions are terminated. Signed by Judge James M. Moody Jr. on 10/30/2017. (kdr)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
HELENA DIVISION
SANDY WILLIAMS
V.

PLAINTIFF
2:17CV00025 JM

CITY OF HELENA-WEST HELENA,
ARKANSAS, et al,

DEFENDANTS

ORDER OF DISMISSAL
The Court ordered Plaintiff to file a response on or before the 26th day of October, 2017
stating the reason why he had failed to respond to the Motion to Compel filed by all Defendants on
September 27, 2017. This was the second time the Court has had to order Plaintiff to explain why
he failed to respond to discovery and failed to respond to a motion to compel filed by the
Defendants. In response to the Court’s first Show Cause Order, Plaintiff explained that his attorney
is a solo practitioner with a small staff, an appeal before the Court of Appeals, and three pending
murder cases. Further, Plaintiff’s attorney explained that the motion to compel was sent to his
spam folder and his client was unavailable to respond for a time. In response to the Court’s
October 16th Order to Show Cause, Plaintiff merely filed a Notice of Service of Discovery with no
response to the Court’s Order explaining why Plaintiff did not timely respond to the Defendants’
second motion to compel.
Pursuant to Rule 41(b), the Court finds that the case must be involuntarily dismissed without
prejudice for failure to follow the Court=s Order. See Link v. Wabash Railroad Co., 370 U.S. 626, 82
S.Ct. 1386 (1962). The Clerk is directed to close the case. All pending motions are terminated.
IT IS SO ORDERED this 30th day of October, 2017.
_____________________________
James M. Moody Jr.
United States District Judge