OOIDA Risk Retention Group, Inc. v. Moore et al

Filing 9

ORDERED that within fourteen days plaintiff shall show good cause why its case should not be dismissed for failure to prosecute. Signed by Magistrate Judge G. R. Smith on 10/29/2012. (loh)

UNITED::STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
SAVANNAH DIVISION
OOIDA RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC., )
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Plaintiff,
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V.

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Case No. CV411-271

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WILLIAM DAIRNELL MOORE, as special )
Administrator of the estate of CHARLES
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GARY MOORE, VICTOR ARZILLO
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D/B/A SUGARTOWN EXPRESS AND
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RICHARD E. BATH,
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Defendants

ORDER
Plaintiff Ooida Risk Retention Group, Inc., filed this Declaratory
Judgment action on October 26, 2011 (doc. 1) and successfully served
defendants Victor Arzillo and Richard E. Barth on November 16, 2011.
Docs. 7 & 8. The record shows no activity since. Within 14 days plaintiff
shall show good cause why its case should not be dismissed for failure to
prosecute. Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b); L.R. 41(b).'

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"The district court possesses the inherent power to police its docket" and to
prune from its docket those cases that amount to no more than mere deadwood.
Collins v. Lake Helen, L.P., 249 F. App'x 116, 120 (11th Cir. 2007) (citing Link v.
Wabash R.R. Co., 370 U.S. 626, 629-30 (1962)); Mingo v. Sugar Cane Growers Co-op,

864 F.2d 101, 102 (11th Cir.1989).

SO ORDERED, this,Iay of October, 2012.

TES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA

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