Fletcher v. Anderson et al

Filing 4

MEMORANDUM ORDER - Signed by District Judge Thomas W Phillips on 2/5/2015. (KMK, ) Modified on 2/5/2015 (KMK, ): Copy mailed

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
AT GREENEVILLE

WILLIAM HEATH FLETCHER,
Plaintiff,
v.
SHERIFF WAYNE ANDERSON,
SULLIVAN COUNTY JAIL, and
SULLIVAN COUNTY JAIL MEDICAL
STAFF,
Defendants.

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No. 2:14-cv-135-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 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 face of the envelope marked, "Return to Sender, No Longer at this
Facility” (Doc. 3). Obviously, plaintiff has failed to provide the Court with notice of his
address change and, without his 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 a 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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