Crowder v. Lawson et al

Filing 8

MEMORANDUM AND OPINION as set forth in following order. Signed by District Judge Thomas W Phillips on 5/4/15. (c/m)(ABF)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
AT GREENEVILLE

STEPHEN A. CROWDER,
Plaintiff,
v.
RONNIE LAWSON and BUTCH
GALLION,
Defendants.

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No. 2:13-cv-330-TWP

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 were 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 first envelope marked, "return to sender, not deliverable as addresses,
unable to forward (Doc. 72). Obviously, plaintiff has failed to provide the Court with
notice of his correct address and, without that information, 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/ Thomas W. Phillips
SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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