IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA VALDOSTA DIVISION LANORRIS MOORE, : Plaintiff, : : Case No. 7:22-cv-00001-WLS-TQL v. : STATE OF GEORGIA, : Proceedings Under

Defendant. : Before the U. S. Magistrate Judge

ORDER Pro se Plaintiff Lanorris Moore, a prisoner at the Valdosta State Prison in Valdosta, Georgia, filed a document that was docketed as a

complaint. ECF No. 1. Plaintiff did not pay the filing fee nor submit a motion to proceed i forma pauperis. On January 28, 2022, Plaintiff was ordered to recast his complaint on a § 1983 form and to either submit a motion to proceed i forma pauperis or pay the full filing fee. ECF No. 3. Plaintiff was given fourteen (14) days to respond and was informed that failure to comply would result in dismissal of his action. Jd. Plaintiff failed to respond. Therefore, on February 21, 2022, the Court notified Plaintiff that it had not received

a response and ordered him to show cause why his action should not be dismissed for failure to comply and diligently prosecute his claims. ECF No. 4. The Court unambiguously informed Plaintiff that his action would be dismissed if he failed to respond. Jd. Plaintiff was given fourteen (14) days to respond and he has failed to do so.

Due to Plaintiff's failure to follow the Court’s Orders and failure to prosecute this action, the case is hereby DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. Fed.R. Civ. P. 4i(b);

Brown v. Tallahassee Police Dep’t,

(1 Hh Cir. 2006) (citing Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b) and Lopez v. Aransas Cty. Indep. Sch. Dist.,

(Sth Cir. 1978)) (“The court may dismiss an action sua sponte under Rule 41(b) for failure to prosecute or failure to obey a court order.”),

SO ORDERED, this /S5#4day of VA. arc, 2022.

W. LOUIS SANDS, JUDGE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT