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Benson v. Clements

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Aug 18, 2011
Civil Action No. 11-CV-01375-BNB (D. Colo. Aug. 18, 2011)

Opinion

Civil Action No. 11-CV-01375-BNB

08-18-2011

PAUL BENSON, Plaintiff, v. TOM CLEMENTS, Executive Director of CDOC, etal., In Individual Capacities, Defendants.


ORDER OF DISMISSAL

Plaintiff Paul Benson, acting pro se, initiated this action by filing a Prisoner Complaint and a Prisoner's Motion and Affidavit for Leave to Proceed Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Upon review of the merits of the Complaint, Magistrate Judge Boyd N. Boland entered an order, on July 17, 2011, directing Mr. Benson to file an Amended Complaint. Mr. Benson was instructed to name proper defendants and to assert personal participation by each named defendant. Mr. Benson, in keeping with Nasious v. Two Unknown B.I.C.E. Agents, 492 F.3d 1158, 1163 (10th Cir. 2007), also was instructed to submit an Amended Complaint that explains what each defendant did to harm him, when the defendant did the harmful act, how he was injured, and what specific legal right the defendant violated. Mr. Benson was warned that if he failed to file an Amended Complaint within the time allowed the Complaint and the action would be dismissed.

Mr. Benson now has failed to communicate with the Court and as a result has failed to amend the Complaint within the time allowed.

Upon review of the Complaint, the Court finds that Magistrate Judge Boland correctly instructed Mr. Benson to amend and assert what named defendants did to violate his constitutional rights. Because Mr. Benson has failed to amend the Complaint within the time allowed the action will be dismissed. Accordingly, it is

ORDERED that the Complaint and action are dismissed without prejudice pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b) for failure to file an Amended Complaint and for failure to prosecute.

DATED at Denver, Colorado, this 18th day of August, 2011.

BY THE COURT:

LEWIS T. BABCOCK, Judge

United States District Court

CERTIFICATE OF MAILING

Civil Action No. 11-cv-01375-BNB

Paul Benson

Prisoner No. 151528

Crowley County Corr. Facility

6564 State Hwy. 96

Olney Springs, CO 81062-8700

I hereby certify that I have mailed a copy of the ORDER and JUDGMENT to the above-named individuals on August 18, 2011.

GREGORY C. LANGHAM, CLERK

___________

Deputy Clerk


Summaries of

Benson v. Clements

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Aug 18, 2011
Civil Action No. 11-CV-01375-BNB (D. Colo. Aug. 18, 2011)
Case details for

Benson v. Clements

Case Details

Full title:PAUL BENSON, Plaintiff, v. TOM CLEMENTS, Executive Director of CDOC…

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO

Date published: Aug 18, 2011

Citations

Civil Action No. 11-CV-01375-BNB (D. Colo. Aug. 18, 2011)