Messina v. Lawson et al
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MEMORANDUM: Accordingly, this action will be DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE, sua sponte, for want of prosecution. Signed by District Judge J Ronnie Greer on 2/10/2015. (c/m to pro se plaintiff at last known address) (RLC, )
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
AT GREENEVILLE
MATTHEW W. MESSINA,
Plaintiff,
v.
SHERIFF RONNIE LAWSON, CHIEF
TONY ALLEN, FIRST SGT.
AUTUMN ARMSTRONG,
Defendants.
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No. 2:13-cv-324-JRG-DHI
MEMORANDUM
This is a prisoner’s pro se civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This matter
is before the Court upon the postal return of a copy of an order entered in this lawsuit,
which was mailed to plaintiff at the address he listed as his current address in his
complaint. The order was returned to the Court by the postal authorities more than ten
days ago, with the envelope marked, "Return to Sender, Not Deliverable as Addressed,
and Unable to Forward” (Doc. 5). Obviously, plaintiff has failed to provide the Court
with notice of his correct address and, without his correct and current address, neither the
Court nor the defendants can communicate with him regarding his case.
Accordingly, this action will be DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE, sua
sponte, for want of prosecution. Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b); Link v. Wabash R. Co., 370 U.S.
626, 630-31 (1962) (recognizing court’s authority to dismiss a case sua sponte for lack of
prosecution); White v. City of Grand Rapids, No. 01-229234, 34 F. App’x 210, 211, 2002
WL 926998, at *1 (6th Cir. May 7, 2002) (finding that pro se prisoner’s complaint “was
subject to dismissal for want of prosecution because he failed to keep the district court
apprised of his current address”); Jourdan v. Jabe, 951 F.2d 108 (6th Cir. 1991).
ENTER:
s/J. RONNIE GREER
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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