Blevins v. Swing et al

Filing 5

MEMORANDUM OPINION - Signed by Chief District Judge Thomas A Varlan on 2/09/2018. (copy mailed to Jason Blevins) (KMK, )

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
JASON BLEVINS,
Plaintiff,
v.
AUSTIN SWING, TIM LOKEY,
MARY WEST, JENNIFFER LITTLE,
TABITHA PHILPOT,
SOUTHERN HEALTH GROUP,
BECKY and TONYA EDWARDS,
Defendants.

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No.:

4:17-CV-76-TAV-SKL

MEMORANDUM OPINION
This pro se prisoner’s civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 was filed on December 7,
2017 [Doc. 1]. On January 3, 2018, the Court entered a Memorandum and Order screening the
complaint to determine whether, inter alia, the pleading failed to state a claim which would entitle
Plaintiff to relief under § 1983 [Doc. 3]. The Court found that the complaint, as pled, failed to
state a claim, but that it might state a claim if Plaintiff amended certain allegations [Id.]. Thus, the
Court allowed Plaintiff twenty-one days from that date to amend those allegations [Id.].
More than twenty-one days have passed, and Plaintiff has failed to amend his complaint or
otherwise respond to the Court’s order. Therefore, this case will be DISMISSED for failure to
state a claim for relief, 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2), and for Plaintiff’s failure to prosecute and to comply
with the orders of this Court, Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b).
AN APPROPRIATE ORDER WILL ENTER.

s/ Thomas A. Varlan
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE