Traylor v. Allstate Insurance Company

Filing 27

RULING AND ORDER: Plaintiff has failed to take any steps to prosecute this case. Plaintiff also has disregarded the Courts 25 Order to Show Cause. Plaintiff's claims against defendant Allstate Insurance Company be DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. Signed by Judge John W. deGravelles on 3/31/2021. (LLH)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
SHIRLEY DIANE TRAYLOR

CIVIL ACTION

VERSUS

NO. 17-1627-JWD-SDJ

ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY

RULING AND ORDER
This Ruling and Order is issued sua sponte. This matter is before the court on Plaintiff’s
Complaint (R. Doc. 1) against Allstate Insurance Company, filed on November 7, 2017. A review
of the record indicates that Plaintiff’s counsel filed a motion to withdraw from the case on
December 28, 2020 (R. Doc. 21), which motion was granted that same day (R. Doc. 22). The
Court also set a Telephone Conference for January 19, 2021, for which Plaintiff then failed to
show (R. Docs. 23). A second Telephone Conference was then scheduled for February 18, 2021,
for which Plaintiff again failed to show (R. Doc. 24). As a result, on February 18, 2021, the Court
entered an Order to Show Cause (R. Doc. 25) instructing Plaintiff to show cause “why sanctions
should not be imposed or a recommendation of dismissal be issued for her failure to participate in
a telephone status conference as ordered.”1 Plaintiff also was advised that failure to do so may
result in a recommendation of dismissal of her Complaint.2 The deadline for Plaintiff to respond,
in writing, was March 11, 2021.3 No action has been taken by Plaintiff.
As of the current date, Plaintiff has failed to take any steps to prosecute this case. Plaintiff
also has disregarded the Court’s Order to Show Cause.

1

R. Doc. 25.
Id.
3
Id.
2

For the foregoing reasons, IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff’s claims against defendant
Allstate Insurance Company be DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.
Signed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on March 31, 2021.

S
JUDGE JOHN W. deGRAVELLES
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA