Snipes v. Marion VA Medical Center

Filing 5

MEMORANDUM OPINION by Chief Judge Joseph H. McKinley, Jr on 4/10/12; By separate Order, the Court will dismiss this action. cc:Plaintiff (pro se) (JBM)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY
AT OWENSBORO
JOHN W. SNIPES

PLAINTIFF

v.

CIVIL ACTION NO. 4:11-CV-155-M

MARION VA MEDICAL CENTER

DEFENDANT

MEMORANDUM OPINION
By Order entered January 6, 2012, this Court ordered Plaintiff to pay the filing fee or to
complete an application to proceed without prepayment of the filing fee and to submit a
completed summons form within 30 days. Plaintiff did not comply. The Court then ordered
Plaintiff within 14 days to show cause for failing to respond to the prior Order or to comply with
the Court’s Order. Plaintiff was warned that failure to comply would result in dismissal of his
case.
More than 14 days have passed, and Plaintiff has failed to comply with the Court’s Order.
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:

April 10, 2012

cc:
Plaintiff, pro se
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