TERRELL v. UNNAMED DEFENDANT(S)
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ORDER dismissing Complaint for failure to prosecute. Ordered by US DISTRICT JUDGE TILMAN E SELF, III on 1/7/2021. (chc)
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
MACON DIVISION
LONNELL TERRELL,
Plaintiff,
v.
HOUSTON COUNTY DETENTION
CENTER AND UNNAMED
DEFENDANT(S),
CIVIL ACTION NO.
5:20‐cv‐00221‐TES‐CHW
Defendants.
ORDER
Pro se Plaintiff Lonnell Terrell, formerly a pre‐trial detainee at the Houston
County Detention Center in Perry, Georgia, filed the present action pursuant to 42
U.S.C. § 1983. [Doc. 1]. Plaintiff also filed a Motion to Proceed in forma pauperis. [Doc. 5].
On September 17, 2020, this Court granted Plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis
but ordered Plaintiff to recast his complaint. [Doc. 7]. Plaintiff submitted a change of
address to this Court on September 22, 2020. [Doc. 8]. On October 9, 2020, Plaintiff filed
a recast complaint [Doc. 10] without having received this Court’s previous Order [Doc.
7] on how to properly recast his complaint.
Therefore, on October 26, 2020, the Court issued a second order for Plaintiff to
recast his complaint and mailed it to Plaintiff’s new address. [Doc. 12]. Plaintiff was
given fourteen (14) days to respond. [Id.]. Plaintiff did not respond.
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Therefore, on December 10, 2020, the Court notified Plaintiff that it had not
received a response and ordered him to show cause why his action should not be
dismissed for failure to comply and diligently prosecute his claims. [Doc. 13]. The Court
specifically informed Plaintiff that his action would be dismissed if he failed to respond.
Plaintiff was again given fourteen (14) days, and he failed to do so.
Because Plaintiff has failed to respond to the Court’s orders or otherwise
prosecute his case, his complaint is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. See FED. R.
CIV. P. 41(b); Brown v. Tallahassee Police Dep’t, 205 F. App’x 802, 802 (11th Cir. 2006)
(“The court may dismiss an action sua sponte under Rule 41(b) for failure to prosecute or
failure to obey a court order.”) (citing FED. R. CIV. P. 41(b) and Lopez v. Aransas Cty.
Indep. Sch. Dist., 570 F.2d 541, 544 (5th Cir. 1978)).
SO ORDERED, this 7th day of January, 2021.
S/Tilman E. Self, III
TILMAN E. SELF, III, JUDGE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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