Richardson v. Corrections Corporation of America et al

Filing 11

ORDER adopting 8 Report and Recommendations. Therefore, this action is dismissed without prejudice and this civil action is closed. Signed by Judge Dudley H. Bowen on 3/4/14. (cmr)

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WALTER C, RICHARDSON,
Plaintiff,

cv 313-075
CORPORATION
OF
CORRECTIONS
AMERICA, et al.,
Defendants.

ORDER
with the Magistrate
After a careful,de novo rcviewof the file, the Cout concurs
("R&R"), to which no objecdons
Judge's
Reportand Recommendation
havebeenfrled.
recommended Plaintiff s complaint dismissed failureto
The Magistrate
Judge
that
be
for
comply with the terms of an Order datedOctober30, 2013, in which Plaintiff was
within thirty daysdueto pleading
ordered submitan amended
to
complaint
deficiencies.
Plaintiff submitted amended
an
Gcs doc. no. 4; doc. no. 7 n.1.) In lieu of objections,
for
complaint,datedFebruary5, 2014,but providedno explanation his untimeliness.
(Doc.no. 10.)
Moreover, Plaintiff filed the amended complaint on the standard form for
that prisoner
incarcerated
litigantsin the SouthemDistrict of Georgia,which requires
plaintiffs disclose: (1) whether they have brought other federal lawsuits while
(2)
in
incarcerated, whetherthey were allowedto proceed forma pauperisin any such

on
that it wasfrivolous,
any
lawsuits, (3) whether suchsuit wasdismissed the ground
and
malicious, failed to statea claim. Underpenaltyof perjury,Plaintiff did not disclose
or
complaint. (]d. at 2-3.) However, Courtis aware
the
any prior lawsuitsin his amended
that Plaintiff previouslyfiled in federalcourt. See
of at leasttwo other $ 1983cases
(S.D. Ga. Jan.5, 2004);
v.
Dep't of Corr,.et al., 3:02-cv-00010
Richardson Georgia
(S.D. Ga. Sept.22, 1998). Thus,Plaintiff
Richardson Gaither.et al., 5:96-cv-00092
v.
complaint.
provided
falseinformation
abouthis prior filing historyin his amended
a
The EleventhCircuit has indicatedits approvalof dismissing casebasedon
plaintiff s
reviewed prisoner
a
in
dishonesty a complaint.In Rivera,the Courtof Appeals
whetherprior cases
countedas "strikes"
filing history for the purposeof determining
underthe PLRA andstated:
in
withoutprejudice Parkeris equally,ifnot
The districtcourt'sdismissal
more, strike-worthy. In that case,the court found that Riverahad lied
of
underpenaltyof perjury aboutthe existence a prior lawsuit,Arocho.
the
the
As a sanction, court dismissed action without prejudice,hnding
the
thatRivera"abuse[d] judicial process[.]"
omitted); alsoYounqv. Sec'vFla.Dep't of Corr.,
see
Rivera, F.3dat 731(citations
144
380 F. App'x 939,940-41 (llth Cir. 2011) (per curiam) (affvming dismissalunder
prior cases
on
power of federalcourtsbased a plaintiff s failureto disclose
on
inherent
form).
thecourt'scomplaint
for
a
The practiceof dismissing caseas a sanction providingfalse information
in
Districtof Georgia.See.
aboutprior filing historyis alsowell established the Southem
(S.D.Ga.June17,2011);Hoodv. Tompkins,
CV
94, Brownv. Wright,CV 111-044
curiam).
(S.D.Ga.Oct.31,2005),affd, 197F. App'x 818(1lth Cir. 2006)
605-094
Qter

answers his amended
in
complaint,this
Because
Plaintiff providedblatantlydishonest
in
caseis subjectto dismissalfor abuseof the judicial process additionto failure to
complywith Courtorders.
complaintis exhibitiveof his persistent
In short,Plaintiff s untimely amended
provides basisfor deviation
from
no
and it therefore
with
non-compliance CourtOrders,
for
that
the Magistrate
Judge'srecommendation the instantcasebe dismissed that very
R&R is ADOPTED as the opinionof the
Judge's
reason.Accordingly,the Magistrate
and
this
Courtas modifiedherein. Therefore, actionis DISMISSED withoutprejudice,
this civil actionis CLOSED.
14,at Augusta,
Georgia.

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