IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA ALBANY DIVISION

NORMAN O. GLENN, : : Plaintiff, : : v. : CASE NO.: 1:25-CV-20 (LAG) (ALS) : JUDGE JOE C. BISHOP, et al., : : Defendants. : : ORDER Plaintiff Norman O. Glenn, a prisoner in Smith State Prison in Glennville, Georgia, filed a pro se

complaint. (Doc. 1). He did not use the required

form. (Id.). Plaintiff did not pay the filing fee or move to proceed in forma pauperis. (See Docket). Instead, he filed an uncertified copy of his trust fund account statement and an “Affidavit of Poverty,” which apparently is used in the Georgia Superior Courts. (Doc. 1-1; Doc. 3). On March 3, 2025, the Court ordered Plaintiff to file his complaint using the standard

form and either pay the $405.00 filing fee or move to proceed in forma pauperis by filing (1) an affidavit in support of his claim of indigence and (2) “a certified copy of [his] trust fund account statement (or institutional equivalent) . . . for the 6-month period immediately preceding the filing of the complaint.” (Doc. 4). Plaintiff failed to respond. On March 26, 2025, the Court ordered Plaintiff to show cause why his case should not be dismissed for failure to comply with the Court’s March 3, 2025 Order. (Doc. 7). Plaintiff responded to the Order to Show Cause and explained that he had not received the March 3, 2025 Order. (Doc. 8). In response, on April 8, 2025, the Court forwarded a copy of the March 3, 2025 Order to Plaintiff and provided another copy of the

form and in forma pauperis documents. (Doc. 11). The Court allowed Plaintiff additional time to file the necessary complaint, filing fee, or motion to proceed in forma pauperis. (Id. at 2). The time to respond to the Court’s April 8, 2025 Order has passed. Plaintiff still has not filed the § 1983 complaint, paid the filing fee, or moved to proceed in forma pauperis by filing the documents required by

(a)(1)-(2).1 Due to Plaintiff’s failure to respond to and comply with the Court’s Orders and prosecute this action, the case is hereby DISMISSED without prejudice. Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b); Brown v. Tallahassee Police Dep’t,

(11th Cir. 2006) (first citing Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b); then citing Lopez v. Aransas Cnty. Indep. Sch. Dist.,

(5th 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 4th day of June, 2025.

/s/ Leslie A. Gardner LESLIE A. GARDNER, CHIEF JUDGE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

1 Plaintiff filed various documents since receiving the March 26, 2025 Order to Show Cause and the April 8, 2025 Order extending the response time; but he has not file a completed

form, paid the file fee, or properly moved to proceed in forma pauperis. (Docs. 8, 9, 10, 12, 13; see Docket).