Gabel v. Hudson et al

Filing 30

REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS re 1 Complaint filed by Kermit Gabel. It is RECOMMENDED that this action be dismissed for want of prosecution. Objections to R&R due by 3/30/2015. Signed by Magistrate Judge Norah McCann King on 3/12/2015. (pes1) (This document has been sent by regular mail to the party(ies) listed in the NEF that did not receive electronic notification.)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
EASTERN DIVISION
KERMIT GABEL,
Plaintiff,
Civil Action 2:14-cv-1057
Judge Watson
Magistrate Judge King

vs.
STUART HUDSON, et al.,
Defendants.

REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
Plaintiff, formerly a state inmate1 proceeding without the
assistance of counsel, brings this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C.
§ 1983, claiming that he was denied medical and dental care in
violation of his rights under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to
the United States Constitution while incarcerated at the Marion
Correctional Institution (“MCI”).

The Court granted plaintiff leave

to proceed in forma pauperis on August 18, 2014.

Order, ECF 5.

On January 15, 2015, the Court granted defendants’ motion to
revoke plaintiff’s in forma pauperis status and assessed the full
filing fee.

Order, ECF 24, p. 2.

See also Report and Recommendation,

ECF 16 (recommending that defendants’ motion to vacate order granting
plaintiff’s motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis).

Although

$350.00 had been paid toward the full filing fee, the Court ordered
plaintiff to pay the remaining $50.00 administrative fee no later than
March 2, 2015.

Order, ECF 24, p. 2.

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Plaintiff was specifically

Plaintiff was apparently released from state custody in January 2015.
25, 26.

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ECF

advised that his failure to do so could result in the dismissal of the
action for want of prosecution.

Id. at 2-3.

The docket reflects that the copy of this Order addressed to
plaintiff at MCI was returned as undeliverable with the notation
“Released.”

ECF 25.

Plaintiff thereafter provided a new address to

the Court, ECF 26, and the Court directed the Clerk to mail a copy of
the Order, ECF 24, to that new address.

Order, ECF 27.

The docket

does not reflect that this mailing has been returned.2 The remaining
$50.00 of the filing fee has not been paid.
An action can be dismissed for want of prosecution for failure to
pay the filing fee.

See, e.g., Lamie v. Smith, No. 13-1345, 2014 U.S.

App. LEXIS 19151 (6th Cir. Feb. 4, 2014) (dismissing the action for
want of prosecution when, after prior warning to the plaintiff, the
proper fee was not paid by the deadline); Conner v. United States, No.
11-5271, 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 26542 (6th Cir. June 15, 2011) (same).
It is therefore RECOMMENDED that this action be dismissed for
want of prosecution.
If any party seeks review by the District Judge of this Report
and Recommendation, that party may, within fourteen (14) days, file
and serve on all parties objections to the Report and Recommendation,
specifically designating this Report and Recommendation, and the part
thereof in question, as well as the basis for objection thereto.
U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b).

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Response to objections

must be filed within fourteen (14) days after being served with a copy
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Plaintiff has since filed another change of address.

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ECF 28.

thereof.

Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b).

The parties are specifically advised that failure to object to
the Report and Recommendation will result in a waiver of the right to
de novo review by the District Judge and of the right to appeal the
decision of the District Court adopting the Report and Recommendation.
See Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140 (1985); Smith v. Detroit Fed’n of
Teachers, Local 231 etc., 829 F.2d 1370 (6th Cir. 1987); United States
v. Walters, 638 F.2d 947 (6th Cir. 1981).

March 12, 2015

s/Norah McCann King
Norah McCann King
United States Magistrate Judge

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