Blackman v. Hardin County Detention Center et al

Filing 17

MEMORANDUM by Judge David J. Hale on 5/31/2019 - Plaintiff has not advised the Court of his new address, and neither notices from this Court nor filings by Defendants in this action can be served on Plaintiff. Because it appears to this Court that Plaintiff has abandoned any interest in prosecution of this case, the Court will dismiss the case by separate Order. cc: Plaintiff, pro se; Counsel of Record (KD)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY
LOUISVILLE DIVISION
JOVAN BLACKMAN,

Plaintiff,

v.

Civil Action No. 3:18-cv-P159-DJH

HARDIN COUNTY DETENTION CENTER et al.,

Defendants.

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MEMORANDUM
On March 13, 2019, this Court entered an Order that pro se Plaintiff Jovan Blackman
must file a response to the motion for summary judgment filed by Defendant Elmore within
thirty days. That Order warned Plaintiff that failure to comply in the time allotted would result
in dismissal of this action.
On April 8, 2019, the copy of the Order which was sent to Plaintiff was returned by the
U. S. Postal Service marked “Return to Sender; Not Deliverable as Addressed; Unable to
Forward.”
Plaintiff has not advised the Court of his new address, and neither notices from this Court
nor filings by Defendants in this action can be served on Plaintiff. In such situations, 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). Because it appears to this Court that Plaintiff has
abandoned any interest in prosecution of this case, the Court will dismiss the case by separate
Order.
Date:

May 31, 2019

cc:

Plaintiff, pro se
Counsel of record
4415.009

David J. Hale, Judge
United States District Court