UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA SAVANNAH DIVISION

CHRISTOPHER LOWE, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) CV423-348 ) OFFICER O, et al., ) ) Defendants. )

REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION Pro se plaintiff Christopher Lowe filed this case complaining that she1 was subjected to unconstitutional conditions of confinement. See doc. 1 at 5-7. The Court granted her leave to proceed in forma pauperis and directed her to complete and return the necessary forms. See generally doc. 4. The deadline for her to return those forms has passed and she has not returned the forms. See generally docket. She has also failed to comply with the District Judge’s Order concerning assignment of this case to a United States Magistrate Judge. See doc. 3. The Clerk

1 Although Plaintiff does not specify preferred pronouns, her Complaint states that she is “a transgender woman.” Doc. 1 at 5. She also lists a feminine honorific in the caption of her Complaint. See id. at 1 (identifying Plaintiff as “Ms. Christopher Lowe”). The Court, therefore, presumes that she prefers feminine pronouns. notified her of that failure, and she has not corrected it within the deadline set by the Clerk. See doc. 5.

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). Lowe’s failure to comply

with the Court’s Order provides a sufficient reason to dismiss her Complaint. Accordingly, Lowe’s Complaint should be DISMISSED. See, e.g.,

Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b). This Report and Recommendation (R&R) is submitted to the district judge assigned to this action, pursuant to

(b)(1)(B) and this Court’s Local Rule 72.3. Within 14 days of

service, any party may file written objections to this R&R with the Court and serve a copy on all parties. The document should be captioned “Objections to Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendations.” Any request for additional time to file objections should be filed with the Clerk for consideration by the assigned district judge. After the objections period has ended, the Clerk shall submit this R&R together with any objections to the assigned district judge. The district judge will review the magistrate judge’s findings and recommendations pursuant to

(b)(1)(C). The parties are advised that failure to timely file objections will result in the waiver of rights on appeal. 11th Cir. R. 3-1; see Symonette v. V.A. Leasing Corp.,

(11th Cir. 2016); Mitchell v. United States,

(11th Cir. 2015). SO REPORTED AND RECOMMENDED, this 22nd day of January, 2024. Aiighon~d lis CHRISTOPHER L. RAY UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA