Opinion
8:23-cv-830-WFJ-AEP
04-24-2023
MICHAEL JOSEPH EDMONDSON, Plaintiff /Petitioner, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Defendant /Respondent.
ORDER
WILLIAM F. JUNG UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Mr. Edmondson, a Florida prisoner, filed an “APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN DISTRICT COURT WITHOUT PREPAYING FEES OR COSTS” (Doc. 1). He failed, however, to file a complaint or petition alleging his claims and the relief he seeks.
Rule 3, Fed.R.Civ.P., provides that "[a] civil action is commenced by filing a complaint with the court." Because Mr. Edmondson failed to file a complaint or petition, this case is DISMISSED without prejudice to Mr. Edmondson initiating an action by filing a complaint or petition in a new case with a new case number. The Clerk of the Court must close this case.
ORDERED