IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA SOUTHERN DIVISION

JACKY ALLEN ROGERS, #312 579, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) CASE NO. 1:19-CV-884-WHA-CSC ) [WO] JEB HOWELL (INVESTIGATOR), ) ) Defendant. )

RECOMMENDATION OF THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE

Pro se Plaintiff Jackie Rogers filed this

action on November 15, 2019. On January 6, 2020, the Court entered an Order of Procedure. Doc. 4. The Order directed Defendant to file an Answer and Written Report and also directed Plaintiff that he must immediately inform the Court of any new address and that failure to do so within ten (10) days following any change of address would result in the dismissal of this action. Doc. 4. The docket reflects that Plaintiff received the January 6, 2020, Order. The undersigned recently ascertained that Plaintiff is no longer at the last service address on record with the Court.1 Accordingly, the undersigned entered an Order on February 4, 2022, requiring that by February 14, 2022, Plaintiff file with the Court a current address or show cause why this case should not be dismissed for his failures to comply

11The last service address provided by Plaintiff is the Limestone Correctional Facility in Harvest, Alabama. A search of the inmate database maintained by the Alabama Department of Corrections reflects Plaintiff is no longer at this facility. See http://www.doc.state.al.us/InmateInfo (last visited March 3, 2022). with the orders of the Court and to adequately prosecute this action. Doc. 19. This Order specifically informed Plaintiff the administration of this case could not proceed if his

whereabouts remained unknown and cautioned him his failure to comply with its directives would result in the dismissal of this case.

To date, Plaintiff has not filed a response to the February 4, 2022, Order or otherwise complied with the orders of the Court. Because of Plaintiff’s failure to comply with the orders of the Court, the undersigned concludes this case should be dismissed without prejudice. Moon v. Newsome,

(11th Cir. 1989) (As a general rule, where a litigant has been forewarned,

dismissal for failure to obey a court order is not an abuse of discretion.). The authority of courts to impose sanctions for failure to prosecute or obey an order is longstanding and acknowledged by Rule 41(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. See Link v. Wabash R.R. Co.,

, 629–30 (1962). This authority empowers the courts “to manage their own affairs so as to achieve the orderly and expeditious disposition of cases.”

at

630–31; Mingo v. Sugar Cane Growers Co-Op of Fla.,

, 102 (11th Cir. 1989) (holding that “[t]he district court possesses the inherent power to police its docket.”). “The sanctions imposed [upon dilatory litigants] can range from a simple reprimand to an order dismissing the action with or without prejudice.” Id. Based on the foregoing, the undersigned Magistrate Judge RECOMMENDS this

case be DISMISSED without prejudice. It is ORDERED that by March 17, 2022, the parties may file objections to this Recommendation. The parties must specifically identify the factual findings and legal conclusions in the Recommendation to which objection is made. Frivolous, conclusive, or general objections will not be considered by the Court. This Recommendation is not a final order and, therefore, it is not appealable.

Failure to file written objections to the proposed findings and recommendations in accordance with

(b)(1) will bar a party from a de novo determination by the District Court of legal and factual issues covered in the Recommendation and waive the right of the party to challenge on appeal the District Court’s order based on unobjected- to factual and legal conclusions accepted or adopted by the District Court except upon grounds of plain error or manifest injustice. Nettles v. Wainwright,

(5th Cir.

1982); 11TH Cir. R. 3–1. See Stein v. Reynolds Sec., Inc.,

(11th Cir. 1982); see also Bonner v. City of Prichard,

(11th Cir. 1981) (en banc). Done, this 3rd day of March 2022.

/s/ Charles S. Coody CHARLES S. COODY UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE