Hale v. Accu-Tec, Inc.

Filing 6

MEMORANDUM OPINION by Chief Judge Joseph H. McKinley, Jr. on 3/6/2018: The Court will dismiss this action by separate order. cc: Plaintiff (pro se) (JM)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY
LOUISVILLE DIVISION
CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:17-CV-656-JHM
DUWAINE HALE

PLAINTIFF

v.
ACCU-TEC, INC.

DEFENDANT
MEMORANDUM OPINION

Pro se Plaintiff, DuWaine Hale, initiated this suit against his former employer, Accu-Tec,
Inc., by filing a complaint on his own paper
Because under this Court’s Local Rules (LR), a pro se complaint should be written on
this Court’s complaint form, see LR 5.2, the Clerk of Court issued a deficiency notice giving
Plaintiff 30 days in which to complete and return the Court-approved complaint and summons
form. That deficiency notice warned Plaintiff that failure to comply would result in the matter
being brought to the attention of the Court. More than 30 days passed without compliance by
Plaintiff. Therefore, by Order entered on January 17, 2018, the Court ordered Plaintiff to file an
amended complaint on the Court-approved complaint form for employment discrimination and
complete the summons form to be served upon Defendant within 30 days of entry of this Order.
That Order warned Plaintiff that failure to file an amended complaint on this Court’s approved
form with a summons for Defendant within 30 days may result in dismissal of the action.
More than 30 days have passed with no response from Plaintiff. Courts have an inherent
power “acting on their own initiative, to clear their calendars of cases that have remained
dormant because of the inaction or dilatoriness of the parties seeking relief.” Link v. Wabash

R.R. Co., 370 U.S. 626, 630 (1962). Therefore, by separate Order, the Court will dismiss the
instant action. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b) (governing involuntary dismissal).
Date:

March 6, 2018

cc:
Plaintiff, pro se
4414.009

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