Prince et al v. Philbin et al

Filing 5

ORDER #3 ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS as the Court's opinion, denying Plaintiffs' Joint #2 Motion for Leave to Proceed in forma pauperis, dismissing Plaintiffs' #1 Complaint without prejudice, and directing the Clerk to docket this Order and the Complaint in ten new lawsuits. Plaintiffs must then submit their own IFP Motion or pay the filing fee within twenty-one days of the date the case is opened. This case is dismissed without prejudice. Signed by Chief Judge J. Randal Hall on 02/17/2021. (jlh)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
AUGUSTA DIVISION

JOSEPH TIGER PRINCE; RICO PARKER;
ANTHONY CUNNINGHAM; WILLIAM E.
WEST,IV; ISAIAH WALKER; HENRY
JONES; DAVID NATIONS;KAWASKI
BUSH;FREDDIE HILTON; and WESLEY
GILLESPIE,
Plaintiffs,
CV 121-009

V.

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF

CORRECTION; MR.EDWARD

PHILBIN, Warden; MS. TAMIKA HARVEY,

Deputy Warden of Security; MS.
MELCHERT,Health Service Administrator;

MS. RUTH SHELTON,Deputy Warden of
Care and Treatment; and MS. JAQULYN
CHAMPION,Food Director,
Defendants.

ORDER

After a careful, de novo review of the file, the Court concurs with the Magistrate Judge's

Report and Recommendation, to which no objections have been filed. Accordingly, the Court
ADOPTS the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge as its opinion, DENIES

Plaintiffs' joint motion to proceed in forma pauperis, (doc no. 2), DISMISSES Plaintiffs'
complaint without prejudice, and DIRECTS the Clerk to file and docket this Order and the

instant complaint in ten new lawsuits, with the same filing dates and ten separate case

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numbers. Once the ten new lawsuits are opened, Plaintiffs must submit their own individual

motions to proceed informa pauperis or pay the full filing fee within twenty-one days of the
date the Clerk opens the case.

SO ORDERED this /

of February, 2021, at Augusta, Georgia.

J. RANI^SH^ALL,chief JUDGl
UNITE9/STATES DISTRICT COURT
lERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA