IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY CAMDEN VICINAGE

DANIELLE LYN ANTONELLI, Plaintiff, : Civil No, 19-16962 (KMW/AMD) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND GLOUCESTER COUNTY HOUSING — : ORDER AUTHORITY, ef ai., : Defendants. .

WILLIAMS, United States District Judge: THIS MATTER comes before the Court on pro se Plaintiff Danielle Lyn Antonelli’s letter request for the U.S. Marshals Service (“USMS”) to serve a summons and the Complaint on Defendants (ECF No. 11). Plaintiff’s letter was filed on August 8, 2024; and WHEREAS, Plaintiff filed an in forma pauperis Complaint in this case on August 20, 2019 (ECF No. 1); and WHEREAS the Court performed a sua sponte screening of Plaintiffs Complaint and, in an Order on October 25, 2019, dismissed the Complaint in part (ECF No. 6); and WHEREAS, after issuing a Notice of Call for Dismissal due to Plaintiff’s failure to effect service on Defendants, (ECF No. 8), the Court dismissed the Complaint without prejudice on March 9, 2020, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m) and L. Civ. R. 41.1(a) (ECF No. 9); and WHEREAS, on March 9, 2020, the USMS certified that Plaintiff had provided it with the forms needed to help effect service (ECF No, 10). However, the USMS never served a summons and the Complaint on Defendants, apparently because the Complaint had already been dismissed; and

WHEREAS, there was no further action in this case until Plaintiff filed the letter request presently before the Court (ECF No. 11); and WHEREAS, after Plaintiff filed the present letter request, Plaintiff filed several additional letters (ECF Nos. 12, 14-15) that take the general form of a complaint. The additional letters demand relief for a dispute dating to 2015 (see, e.g., ECF No, 12 at 1, 4); and WHEREAS, Local! Civil Rule 41.i(a) of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey provides: Civil cases, other than bankruptcy matters, which have been pending in the Court for more than 90 days without any proceedings having been taken therein must be dismissed for lack of prosecution by the Court (1) on its own motion, or (2) on notice from the Clerk to all parties who have appeared, unless good cause is shown with the filing of an affidavit or other document complying with 28 U.S.C, § 1746 from counsel of record or the unrepresented party. and; WHEREAS, prior to Plaintiff's present letter request, this civil matter had been pending for more than 90 days—in fact, for more than four years—without any action by Plaintiff; and WHEREAS, Plaintiff has not demonstrated good cause for her failure to prosecute this case through an affidavit or qualifying document, as is required under L. Civ. R. 41.1(a); IT IS on this 28 day of October 2024, hereby ORDERED Plaintiff's untimely letter request for the USMS to serve a summons and the Complaint on Defendants is DENIED (ECF No. 11); and FURTHER ORDERED Plaintiff's Complaint and this action is DISMISSED with prejudice; and FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall close this case. If Plaintiff would still like to pursue legal claims against any parties, she must do so by filing a new complaint in a new case. The Court reminds Plaintiff that any complaint she files must comply with Federal

Rule of Civil Procedure 8, which requires a complaint to contain, among other things, “a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief.” Fed. R. Civ. P 8(a)(2). Moreover, the complaint must provide facts that illustrate how or why the defendant or defendants are liable for the misconduct alleged. See Ashcroft v. Iqbal,

(2009). It is not enough for the complaint to contain “mere conclusory statements.” Jd. For example, a complaint cannot simply accuse a defendant of violating a law, Instead, it must also provide facts explaining how or why the defendant violated the law.

K “AREN M. WILLIAMS United States District Judge