Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company et al v. Hagood et al

Filing 19

ORDER DISMISSING CASE without prejudice. Signed by District Judge Frank D. Whitney on 4/23/2012. (Pro se litigant served by US Mail.) (tmg)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
CHARLOTTE DIVISION
DOCKET NO. 3:10-CV-504
HICKORY SPRINGS MANUFACTURING
COMPANY, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
vs.

WILLIAM LEE HAGOOD, et al.,
Defendants.

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ORDER

THIS MATTER is before the Court sua sponte following a Show Cause Order issued by
the Court (Doc. No. 16) and an order that Plaintiff file appropriate documentation to move the case
toward resolution within fourteen (14) days (Doc. No. 18) filed on April 2, 2012. Plaintiff was
ordered to file a stipulation of dismissal, motion for entry of default, or other appropriate motion to
move the case toward resolution. The Court gave Plaintiff fourteen (14) days to do so, and twentyone (21) days later, nothing has been filed. See generally Doyle v. Murray, 938 F.2d 33, 34 (4th Cir.
1991) (noting that a district court has an inherent authority to dismiss a case for failure to prosecute
and Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b) provides an explicit basis for doing so).
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED THAT the above captioned case be DISMISSED
without prejudice.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Signed: April 23, 2012