Abdullah et al v. UMass Correctional Health Care et al

Filing 3

Judge Richard G. Stearns: ORDER entered. This action is dismissed without prejudice. No filing fee shall be assessed.(PSSA, 3)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
CIVIL ACTION NO. 14-12770-RGS
SHAHEED ABDULLAH
v.
UMASS CORRECTIONAL HEALTH CARE, et al.
ORDER
January 20, 2015
STEARNS, D.J.
Shaheed Abdullah was a named plaintiff in Stote v. UMass Correctional Health, C.A. No.
13-10267-NMG, a civil rights action filed by MCI Norfolk inmate John E. Stote in which he and
over one hundred other prisoners claimed that medical care at MCI Norfolk was inadequate.
In an order dated June 25, 2014, the Court ordered that the claims of each plaintiff be severed
and that a separate case be opened up for each individual plaintiff. See id. (docket entry #20). The
order directed each plaintiff who wanted to prosecute his own claims to pay the $400 filing fee or
file an Application to Proceed in District Court Without Prepaying Fees or Costs (also referred to
as motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis) within sixty days and that the failure to pay the
fee or seek leave to proceed without payment of the fee may result in dismissal of the individual
action without prejudice. The Clerk mailed a copy of Judge Gorton’s order and the form
Application to Abdullah in June 2014.
The sixty-day period has expired without any response from Abdullah. The documents the
Clerk sent to him were not returned as undeliverable and a public website (vinelink.com) indicates
that he is still confined at MCI Norfolk.
Accordingly, this action is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. No filing fee shall be
assessed.
SO ORDERED.
/s/ Richard G. Stearns
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE