Simpson v. Harmon et al

Filing 5

REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS that the #1 Complaint should be dismissed without prejudice. Objections to R&R due by 5/31/2024. Signed by Magistrate Judge Brian K. Epps on 5/13/24. (wwp)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
DUBLIN DIVISION
GREGORY SIMPSON,
Plaintiff,
v.
INVESTIGATOR HARMON and
MS. FLEMMING, Unit Manager,
Defendants.

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CV 324-021

MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
Plaintiff, incarcerated at Wheeler Correctional Facility, commenced the abovecaptioned case pro se and requested permission to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). On
April 3, 2024, the Court directed Plaintiff to return his Prisoner Trust Fund Account
Statement and Consent to Collection of Fees forms within thirty days and advised Plaintiff
all prisoners, even those proceeding IFP, must pay the filing fee of $350.00 in full. 28
U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1). (See doc. no. 4, pp. 1-3.) Plaintiff was cautioned failure to respond
would be an election to have this case voluntarily dismissed without prejudice. (See id. at 4.)
The time to respond has passed, and Plaintiff has not submitted the documents required by
the Court’s April 3rd Order. Nor has he provided the Court with any explanation why he has
not complied.
Plaintiff cannot proceed IFP unless he submits the requisite Trust Fund Account
Statement and consents to collection of the entire $350.00 filing fee in installments. Wilson

v. Sargent, 313 F.3d 1315, 1319, 1321 (11th Cir. 2002) (citing 28 U.S.C. § 1915). Plaintiff
has been warned that failing to return the necessary IFP papers would be an election to have
his case voluntarily dismissed. (See doc. no. 4, p. 4.) As Plaintiff has neither fulfilled the
requirements for proceeding IFP, nor paid the full filing fee, the Court REPORTS and
RECOMMENDS this case be DISMISSED without prejudice and this civil action be
CLOSED.
SO REPORTED and RECOMMENDED this 13th day of May, 2024, at Augusta,
Georgia.

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