UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA SAVANNAH DIVISION

JACOB RYAN SWERDLOFF, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) CV423-301 ) SHERIFF JOHN WILCHER, et al., ) ) Defendants. )

ORDER Pro se plaintiff Jacob Ryan Swerdloff filed this

action alleging mishandling of his mail by officials at Chatham County Detention Center. 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. 4. He has not returned the required forms. See generally docket. He has, therefore, failed to comply with the Court’s Order. His Complaint is, therefore, DISMISSED. Doc. 1. 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.” $.D. Ga. L.R. 41.1(b), (c). Swerdloffs failure to properly execute and return the required forms warrants dismissal. Accordingly, his Complaint is DISMISSED for failing to obey a court order and failing to prosecute his case. Doc. 1. The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to CLOSE this case. SO ORDERED, this 20th day of November, 2023.

Auglon~ lies CHRISTOPHER L. RAY UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA