UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA SAVANNAH DIVISION

ANTONIO SENTELLE LEE, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) CV420-208 ) JUDGE HARRIS ) ODELL, JR. et al., ) ) Defendants. )

ORDER The Court previously directed pro se plaintiff Antonio Sentelle Lee to return the fully completed forms necessary for his prosecution of this case in forma pauperis and an amended complaint. See doc. 10. He has not complied with that Order. See generally docket. A district court retains the inherent power to police its docket and to enforce its orders. Link v. Wabash Railroad Co.,

(1962); Mingo v. Sugar Cane Growers Co-op,

, 102 (11th Cir. 1989); Jones v. Graham,

(11th Cir. 1983); Brown v. Tallahassee Police Dept.,

, *1 (11th Cir. 2006). Under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, a complaint may be dismissed either for failure to prosecute or for failure to comply with an order of the court. Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b). Additionally, this Court’s Local Rules provide that the Court may dismiss an action for want of prosecution when a party has “willful[ly] disobe[yed] .. . any order of the Court” or for “[a]ny other failure to prosecute a civil action with reasonable promptness.” 8.D. Ga. L.R. 41.1(b), (c). The plaintiffs disregard of multiple orders of this Court warrants dismissal of this action under Rule 41(b). No sanction short of dismissal appears appropriate given the plaintiffs repeated failure to show any interest in participating in this action. Mingo, 864 F.2d at 102; Goforth v. Owens,

, 1534 (11th Cir. 1985). Accordingly, this case is DISMISSED. The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to CLOSE this case. SO ORDERED, this 14th day of March, 2022.

eigisA. ag CHRISTOPHER L. RAY UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA