Lacroix v. UMass Correctional Health Care et al

Filing 4

Judge Douglas P. Woodlock: ORDER entered. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER. It is hereby ORDERED that the within action be and it is hereby DISMISSED without prejudice and without assessment of the filing fee.(PSSA, 4)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
ROBERT LACROIX,
Plaintiff,
v.

CIVIL ACTION NO.
14-12741-DPW

UMASS CORRECTIONAL HEALTH CARE, et al,
Defendants.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
Plaintiff originally filed a joint compliant that was part
of a multi-plaintiff civil rights action.

See Stote, et al. v.

UMass Correctional Health Care, et al., C.A. No. 13-10267-NMG
(the "2013 action").

The 2013 action was initiated by MCI

Norfolk inmate John E. Stote concerning alleged inadequate
medical care at MCI Norfolk.

On June 25, 2014, the judge

assigned to the 2013 action severed the individual prisoner
claims into separate cases.

See No. 13-10267-NMG, 06/25/2014

Memorandum and Order (the "June Order), Docket #20.
The June Order directed each plaintiff who wished to
prosecute his own claims to pay the $400 fling fee or file an
Application to Proceed in District Court Without Prepaying Fees
or Costs within sixty days and that failure to pay the fee or
seek leave to proceed without prepayment of the fee may result in
dismissal of the individual action without prejudice.

Id.

Pursuant to the directives of the June Order, the Clerk
opened a new case for plaintiff.

See Docket.

mailed to Lacroix on June 27, 2014.

The Order was

Id.

Plaintiff has not responded to the Court's order and the

time to do so has expired.

The documents sent to him were not

returned to the Court as undeliverable and a search of the
on-line Victim Information & Notification Everyday (VineLink)
homepage reveals that he is still incarcerated at MCI Norfolk.
See VineLink Offender Locator, http://www.vinelink.com (last
visited Oct. 5, 2014).
ORDER
Based upon the foregoing, it is hereby ORDERED that the
within action be and it is hereby DISMISSED without prejudice and
without assessment of the filing fee.
SO ORDERED.
/s/ Douglas P. Woodlock
DOUGLAS P. WOODLOCK
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

October 6, 2014
DATE

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