UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA SAVANNAH DIVISION

RAYMOND EDWARDS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) CV421-165 ) JAY ALSTON and ) RYAN S. RAINS , ) ) Defendants. )

ORDER Plaintiff has failed to keep the Court apprised of his current address in violation of S.D. Ga. L.R. 11.1 (“Each attorney and pro se litigant has a continuing obligation to apprise the Court of any address change.”). See doc. 11. This Court has the authority to prune cases from its docket where parties have failed to comply with its Orders. See S.D. Ga. L.R. 41.1(b); see also Link v. Wabash R.R. Co.,

, 630–31 (1962) (courts have the inherent authority to dismiss claims for lack of prosecution); Mingo v. Sugar Cane Growers Co-op,

, 102 (11th Cir. 1989) (“The district court possesses the inherent power to police its docket.”); Jones v. Graham,

(11th Cir. 1983); Floyd v. United States, CV491-277 (S.D. Ga. June 10, 1992). Accordingly, this case is DISMISSED, without prejudice, for plaintiffs failure to provide the Court with an updated address and failure to prosecute this action. The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to close this case. SO ORDERED this 17th day of August, 2021.

CHRISTOPHER L. RAY UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE J UDGE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA