UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA

SHREVEPORT DIVISION

HOWARD LEN LIPPTON CIVIL ACTION NO. 25-815-P

VERSUS JUDGE DOUGHTY

WARDEN ROBERT CHAVIS, ET AL. MAGISTRATE JUDGE HORNSBY

REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION

In accordance with the standing order of this court, this matter was referred to the undersigned Magistrate Judge for review, report and recommendation. STATEMENT OF CLAIM Before the court is a civil rights complaint filed in forma pauperis by pro se plaintiff Howard Len Lippton (“Plaintiff”), pursuant to

. This complaint was received and filed in this court on June 9, 2025. Plaintiff was incarcerated at the Bossier Maximum Security Center in Plain Dealing, Louisiana, when he filed this complaint and claims his civil rights were violated by prison officials. He names Warden Robert Chavis, the Bossier Parish Police Jury, the Bossier Parish Maximum Security Facility, Sheriff Julian Whittington, and the State of Louisiana as defendants. Plaintiff was ordered on July 23, 2025, to file, within 30 days of the service of the order, an amended complaint (Doc. 7). To date, Plaintiff has not filed an amended complaint. Accordingly; IT IS RECOMMENDED that this complaint be DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE, sua sponte, for failure to prosecute, pursuant to Rule 41(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure as interpreted by the court and under the court's inherent power

to control its own docket. See Link v. Wabash Railroad Company,

,

(1962); Rogers v. Kroger Company,

(5th Cir. 1982). OBJECTIONS Under the provisions of

(b)(1)(C) and Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b), parties aggrieved by this recommendation have fourteen (14) days from service of this Report and

Recommendation to file specific, written objections with the Clerk of Court, unless an extension of time is granted under Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(b). A party may respond to another party’s objections within fourteen (14) days after being served with a copy thereof. Counsel are directed to furnish a courtesy copy of any objections or responses to the District Judge at the time of filing.

A party’s failure to file written objections to the proposed findings, conclusions and recommendation set forth above, within fourteen (14) days after being served with a copy shall bar that party, except upon grounds of plain error, from attacking on appeal the proposed factual findings and legal conclusions that were accepted by the district court and that were not objected to by the aforementioned party. See Douglas v. U.S.A.A.,

(5th Cir. 1996) (en banc). THUS DONE AND SIGNED, in chambers, at Shreveport, Louisiana, on this 19th day of November 2025.

Mark L. Hornsby U.S. Magistrate Judge

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