Hodge v. Calloway County Jail
Filing
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MEMORANDUM OPINION by Senior Judge Thomas B. Russell on 11/13/2017. 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 (MNM)
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY
PADUCAH DIVISION
DOMINIC E. HODGE
v.
PLAINTIFF
CIVIL ACTION NO. 5:17-CV-P103-TBR
CALLOWAY COUNTY JAIL
DEFENDANT
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Upon filing the instant action, Plaintiff assumed the responsibility of keeping this Court
advised of his current address and to actively litigate his claims. See LR 5.2(e) (“All pro se
litigants must provide written notice of a change of residential address, and, if different, mailing
address, to the Clerk and to the opposing party or the opposing party’s counsel. Failure to notify
the Clerk of an address change may result in the dismissal of the litigant’s case or other
appropriate sanctions.”).
The Court sent a Memorandum Opinion and Order to Plaintiff on October 3, 2017. That
mailing was returned to the Court by the U.S. Postal Service marked “Return to Sender; Refused;
Unable to Forward.” Plaintiff has not advised the Court of his new address, and notices from
this Court in this action cannot 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:
November 13, 2017
cc:
Plaintiff, pro se
4413.009
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