UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION KEVIN JEROME MOORE, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 4:21-cv-1381-SEP ) CORIZON, ) ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER This matter is before the Court on review of Plaintiff’s filings. On November 22, 2021, Plaintiff Kevin Jerome Moore, an inmate at the St. Louis City Justice Center, initiated this action by filing a Civil Rights Complaint against Defendant Corizon. Doc. [1]. He also filed a Motion for Leave to Proceed in forma pauperis, Doc. [2], which the Court granted. On February 18, 2022, the Court reviewed Plaintiff’s Complaint pursuant to

(e)(2) and determined it was defective and subject to dismissal. Doc. [6] at 3. The Court instructed Plaintiff how to prepare his amended complaint and cautioned him that failure to timely comply could result in the dismissal of his case without prejudice and without further notice.

. Plaintiff’s amended complaint was due to the Court on March 21, 2022.

. To date, he has neither filed an amended complaint nor sought additional time to do so. The Court gave Plaintiff meaningful notice of what was expected, cautioned him that his case would be dismissed if he failed to timely comply, and gave him additional time to comply. See

Therefore, this action will be dismissed without prejudice due to Plaintiff’s failure to comply with this Court’s February 18th Order and failure to prosecute this case. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b); see also Brown v. Frey,

(8th Cir. 1986) (“A district court has the power under Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b) to dismiss an action for the plaintiff’s failure to comply with any court order . . .”); Dudley v. Miles,

(8th Cir. 2015) (per curiam) (affirming dismissal of pro se litigant’s complaint under Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b) for failure to file an amended complaint). The dismissal will not count as a “strike” for purposes of

(g). Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this case is DISMISSED without prejudice. A separate order of dismissal will be entered herewith. IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED than an appeal from this dismissal would not be taken in good faith. Dated this day of May, 2022. hed LY Hig SARAH E. PITLYK UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE