UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

Case No. 23-cv-24387-BLOOM

DENZEL ALONZO JAMES,

Plaintiff, v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, et al.,

Defendants. ________________________/

ORDER OF DISMISSAL THIS CAUSE is before the Court upon a sua sponte review of the record. On November 6, 2023, Plaintiff Denzel Alonzo James filed a Complaint for Violation of Civil Rights Under

, ECF No. [1].1 As of the date of this Order, Plaintiff has not paid the Court’s filing fee or filed a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. Plaintiffs who cannot pay the filing fee may file a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis so that they may initiate their action without first paying the Court’s filing fee. See

. Under § 1915, a legally sufficient motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis must be accompanied by “an affidavit that includes a statement of all assets such prisoner possesses . . . [and] a certified copy of the trust fund account statement (or institutional equivalent) for . . . the 6-month period immediately preceding the filing of the complaint . . . .” Id. at (a)(1)-(2). Pursuant to Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, a district court may dismiss a complaint for failure to prosecute or failure to comply with a court order or the federal rules. Fed.

1 “Under the ‘prison mailbox rule,’ a pro se prisoner’s court filing is deemed filed on the date it is delivered to prison authorities for mailing.” Williams v. McNeil,

, 1290 n.2 (11th Cir. 2009) (citations omitted). Case No. 23-cv-24387-BLOOM

R. Civ. P. 41(b). Because Plaintiff failed to pay the filing fee or file a motion to proceed in forma pauperis, the Complaint is dismissed for want of prosecution. See Brown v. Blackwater River Corr. Facility,

, 985 (11th Cir. 2019) (“[A] district court may sua sponte dismiss a suit for failure to prosecute or failure to comply with an order.”). Accordingly, it is ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the Complaint, ECF No. [1], is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. The Clerk shall CLOSE this case. DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at Miami, Florida, on November 16, 2023.

BETH BLOOM UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Copies to: Denzel Alonzo James, PRO SE 200151508 Metro West Detention Center

Street Miami, FL 33178