Gregory v. Commissioner Social Security

Filing 13

ORDERED that within fourteen days of the date of this Order is served, plaintiff shall show cause why his case should not be dismissed for failure to prosecute. Signed by Magistrate Judge G. R. Smith on 8/27/2013. (loh)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
SAVANNAH DIVISION
ELIJAH N. GREGORY,

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Plaintiff,
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Case No. CV412-197

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MICHAEL J. ASTRUE,
Commissioner, Social Security
Administration,

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Defendant.

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ORDER

Pro se plaintiff Elijah N. Gregory seeks 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) review of the
Social Security Administration's denial of his disability claims. Doe. 3.
The Court granted him leave to proceed in forma pauperis, doe. 3, then
ordered him to brief his claim. Doe. 12. His brief was due July 31, 2013.

Id. at 3. He has failed to meet that deadline. Within 14 days of the date
this Order is served, he shall show cause why his ease should not be
dismissed for failure to prosecute. Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b); L.R. 41(b))
SO ORDERED thisay of August, 2013.
JUDGE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA

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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).