Lewis v. Denver City Jail

Full title: ROBERT E. LEWIS JR., Plaintiff, v. DENVER CITY JAIL, D.O.C., DISTRICT 6…

Court: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO

Date published: Jan 21, 2014

Civil Action No. 13-cv-03104-BNB (D. Colo. Jan. 21, 2014)

Opinion

Civil Action No. 13-cv-03104-BNB

01-21-2014

ROBERT E. LEWIS JR., Plaintiff, v. DENVER CITY JAIL, D.O.C., DISTRICT 6 POLICE, JUDGE RAYMOND N. SATTER, and PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE, Defendants.

LEWIS T. BABCOCK

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

Plaintiff, Robert E. Lewis Jr., currently is detained at the Denver County Jail in Denver, Colorado. Plaintiff initiated this action by filing pro se a Prisoner Complaint and a Motion and Affidavit for Leave to Proceed Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. After review of the Complaint, Magistrate Judge Boyd N. Boland determined that Plaintiff failed to assert personal participation by properly named defendants and present his claims in keeping with Nasious v. Two Unknown B.I.C.E. Agents, 492 F.3d 1158, 1163 (10th Cir. 2007). Magistrate Judge Boland directed Plaintiff to file an Amended Complaint. Plaintiff was given thirty days to file the Amended Complaint. Plaintiff has failed to communicate with the Court and as a result has failed to file the Amended Complaint within the time allowed.

Magistrate Judge Boland correctly instructed Plaintiff to amend and assert personal participation and to comply with Nasious. Because Plaintiff has failed to file an Amended Complaint within the time allowed the action will be dismissed.

Finally, the Court certifies pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) that any appeal from this Order is not taken in good faith, and, therefore, in forma pauperis status will be denied for the purpose of appeal. See Coppedge v. United States, 369 U.S. 438 (1962). If Plaintiff files a notice of appeal he must also pay the full $505 appellate filing fee or file a motion to proceed in forma pauperis in the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit within thirty days in accordance with Fed. R. App. P. 24. 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. It is

FURTHER ORDERED that leave to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal is denied.

DATED at Denver, Colorado, this 21^st day of January, 2014.

BY THE COURT:

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LEWIS T. BABCOCK, Senior Judge

United States District Court