Davis vs. Harris County Jail Medical, et al

Filing 6

MEMORANDUM AND OPINION denying as moot 2 MOTION to Proceed In Forma Pauperis.(Signed by Judge Lee H Rosenthal) Parties notified.(chorace)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
HOUSTON DIVISION
TYRONE DOUGLAS DAVIS,
(SPN #02135886),

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Plaintiff,

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VS.
HARRIS COUNTY JAIL MEDICAL
ADMINISTRATION, et al.,

CIVIL ACTION NO. H- 12-0967

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Defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND OPINION
The plaintiff, a former inmate at the Harris County Jail, filed this civil rights action informa

pauperis. On April 19,2012, the Clerk's Notice of Deficient Pleading was returned to the court by
the postal service with the notation, "Return to Sender, released from custody of the Harris County
Sheriffs' Department." (Docket Entry No. 5).
Under Local Rule 83.4, a pro se litigant is responsible for keeping the Clerk advised in
writing of his current address. The court will send notices only to the address on file. The plaintiff
has failed to provide the court with an accurate, current address. Under the inherent powers
necessarily vested in a court to manage its own affairs, this court determines that dismissal for want
of prosecution is appropriate. See FED.R. CIV.P. 4l(b); Link v. Wabash R. R., 370 U.S. 626 (1962);

Woodson v. Surgitek, Znc., 57 F.3d 1406, 1417 (5th Cir. 1995); 8 J. MOOREET AL., MOORE'S
FEDERAL
PRACTICE4 1.51(3)(b) & (e) (3d ed. 20 10). Upon a proper showing, relief from this order
may be granted in accordance with FED.R. CIV.P. 60(b). See Link, 370 U.S. at 635.

This action is dismissed without prejudice for want of prosecution. The motion to proceed
in formapauperis, (Docket Entry No. 2), is denied as moot.

SIGNED on April 23, 20 12, at Houston, Texas.

United States District Judge