Opinion
CV418-174
12-06-2018
JABBAR M.A. WILLIAMS, Plaintiff, v. LT. OBERLANDER, et al., Defendants.
ORDER
Plaintiff having failed to timely file his Amended Complaint compliant with the pleading standard set forth in Fed. R. Civ. P. 8, the Court recommended that Williams' case be dismissed without prejudice. Doc. 10; see doc. 9 at 3-5 (Order warning of dismissal if he failed to timely return his sixth amended complaint). Crediting Williams' explanation that he did not receive a copy of the Court's order directing that amendment (doc. 11), the Court's Recommendation that the case be dismissed on inactivity grounds is VACATED. Plaintiff is ORDERED to file his amended complaint complying with Rule 8 within 14 days of service of this order or face a recommendation of dismissal for failure to comply with a Court order. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b); S.D. Ga. L.R. 41.1(c).; Link v. Wabash R.R. Co., 370 U.S. 626, 630-31 (1962) (courts have the inherent authority to dismiss claims for lack of prosecution); Mingo v. Sugar Cane Growers Co-op, 864 F.2d 101, 102 (11th Cir. 1989); Jones v. Graham, 709 F.2d 1457, 1458 (11th Cir. 1983); Floyd v. United States, CV491-277 (S.D. Ga. June 10, 1992). The Clerk is further DIRECTED to enclose an additional copy of this Court's Order instructing plaintiff on the pleading requirements of federal court (doc. 9).
SO ORDERED, this 6th day of December, 2018.
/s/_________
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA