Hart v. Metropolitan Detention Center et al

Filing 7

ORDER DISMISSING CASE by District Judge Margaret I. Strickland. (gri)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO
MYRTIS PAULO HART,
Plaintiff,
v.
No. 23-cv-00853-MIS-JFR
METROPOLITAN DETENTION CENTER,
SYSCO, ARAMARK,
Defendants.

ORDER OF DISMISSAL
THIS MATTER is before the Court on a sua sponte review of the record.
Plaintiff Myrtis Paulo Hart commenced this case on September 28, 2023. ECF No. 1. On
October 13, 2023, he filed an Application to Proceed in District Court Without Prepaying Fees or
Costs. ECF No. 3 (“IFP Motion”). The IFP Motion did not include a six-month inmate account
statement, as required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). On February 14, 2024, the Court entered an
Order requiring Plaintiff to submit a six-month account statement within thirty days and advising
him that failure to timely comply could result in dismissal without prejudice. ECF No. 5. Plaintiff
did not respond to the Order and the deadline to do so expired on March 15, 2024. Further, a copy
of the Order mailed to Plaintiff at his address of record was returned as undeliverable March 4,
2024. ECF No. 6. As Plaintiff did not timely respond to the Court’s Order, and appears to have
severed contact with the Court, this case shall be dismissed without prejudice under Fed. R. Civ.
P. 41(b) for “failure to prosecute [and] comply with the … court’s orders.” Olsen v. Mapes, 333
F.3d 1199, 1204 n.3 (10th Cir. 2003).

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that this case is DISMISSED without prejudice, all
pending motions are DENIED AS MOOT, and this case is now CLOSED. A separate judgment
shall be entered herewith.

………………………………………….
MARGARET STRICKLAND
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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