Willis v. Social Security Administration Commissioner
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MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Honorable Barry A. Bryant on October 6, 2014. (mll)
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
TEXARKANA DIVISION
LESA WILLIS
vs.
PLAINTIFF
Civil No. 4:14-cv-04025
CAROLYN W. COLVIN
Commissioner, Social Security Administration
DEFENDANT
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before the Court is Plaintiff’s Complaint. ECF No. 1. The Parties have consented to the
jurisdiction of a magistrate judge to conduct any and all proceedings in this case, including
conducting the trial, ordering the entry of a final judgment, and conducting all post-judgment
proceedings. ECF No. 12.1 Pursuant to this authority, the Court issues this memorandum opinion
and orders the entry of a final judgment in this matter.
Plaintiff filed her Complaint on February 3, 2014. Thereafter, Defendant answered (ECF No.
13), and the transcript in this action was also filed. On April 16, 2014, the Court entered a social
security scheduling order clearly directing Plaintiff to file an appeal brief by May 16, 2014. In the
scheduling order, the Court noted that “Plaintiff’s failure to file a timely brief may result in
dismissal for failure to prosecute.” Despite this deadline and this warning, Plaintiff did not timely
file an appeal brief.
Thereafter, on September 16, 2014, the Court entered a show cause order directing Plaintiff
to show cause for her failure to timely file an appeal brief in this matter. ECF No. 15. In this order,
the Court directed Plaintiff to respond within fourteen (14) days. Id. More than fourteen days has
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The docket numbers for this case are referenced by the designation “ECF No. ____” The transcript pages
for this case are referenced by the designation “Tr.”
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elapsed, and Plaintiff has not responded to this order and has still not filed an appeal brief in this
matter.
Accordingly, consistent with the directive of this scheduling order, the Court DISMISSES
Plaintiff’s Complaint without prejudice for failure to comply with an order of the Court, failure to
timely file his appeal brief, and failure to prosecute this action.
A judgment incorporating these findings will be entered pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure 52 and 58.
ENTERED this 6th day of October 2014.
/s/ Barry A. Bryant
HON. BARRY A. BRYANT
U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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