UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA SAVANNAH DIVISION

NASH N. TUTEN, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) CV422-097 ) JUDGE BENJAMIN KARP, et al., ) ) Defendants. )

ORDER Pro se plaintiff Nash N. Tuten filed this

action alleging improprieties in a state habeas proceeding. See doc. 1 at 5. The Court granted him leave to proceed in forma pauperis and directed him to return the necessary forms. See doc. 8. 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.,

(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.” S.D. Ga. L.R. 41.1(b), (c). Accordingly, this case is DISMISSED. The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to CLOSE this case. SO ORDERED, this 14th day of December, 2022.

( Lapland lies CHRISTOPHER L. RAY UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA