UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE

TOMMY EARL JONES, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 3:23-CV-53-KAC-DCP ) OFFICER STACY and ) UNKOWN OFFICER, ) ) Defendants. )

JUDGMENT ORDER

Plaintiff has failed to pay the filing fee in this pro se civil rights action under

, and the deadline to do so has long passed [See Doc. 5]. The Court previously warned that “[i]f Plaintiff fails to timely pay the filing fee, the Court will dismiss this action without prejudice.” [Id. at 3]. That warning has come to fruition. Accordingly, the Court DISMISSES this action without prejudice. Plaintiff is also assessed the filing fee of $402.00. See In re Alea,

(6th Cir. 2002). Further, the Court CERTIFIES that any appeal from this decision would not be taken in good faith and would be totally frivolous. See

(a)(3). Therefore, if Plaintiff should file a notice of appeal, the Court DENIES leave to proceed in forma pauperis without further authorization. See

(a)(3); Fed. R. App. P. 24(a)(3). SO ORDERED. s/ Katherine A. Crytzer KATHERINE A. CRYTZER United States District Judge

ENTERED AS A JUDGMENT: /s/ LeAnna R. Wilson CLERK OF COURT