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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

MIDDLE DIVISION

BRICE M HUTCHINGS, III,

Plaintiff,

v.

MARSHALL COUNTY 

COURTHOUSE, et al.,

Defendants.

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Case No.: 4:19-cv-1254-LCB-HNJ

ORDER

On March 9, 2020, U.S. Magistrate Judge Herman N. Johnson, Jr. issued a 

Report and Recommendation in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) 

recommending that this action be dismissed for failure to prosecute. (Doc. 11). 

Plaintiff filed no objections to the Report and Recommendation.

Plaintiff filed his complaint in August of 2019 with a motion to proceed in 

forma pauperis without prepayment of the Court’s civil-action filing fee. 

(Docs. 1 & 2). To proceed in forma pauperis, an incarcerated plaintiff must “submit 

a certified copy of the trust fund account statement (or institutional equivalent) for 

the prisoner for the 6-month period immediately preceding the filing of the 

complaint . . . obtained from the appropriate official of each prison at which the 

prisoner is or was confined.” 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). Plaintiff’s application did not 

include this account statement, and the Magistrate Judge issued a notice of deficient 

FILED

 2020 Apr-09 PM 02:13

U.S. DISTRICT COURT

N.D. OF ALABAMA

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pleading to apprise him of the missing IFP application requirement. (Doc. 3). Plaintiff 

filed another IFP application once again without a certified copy of his prisoner 

account statement, and the Magistrate Judge issued a second notice of deficient 

pleading. (Docs. 4 & 5). On January 29, 2020, Plaintiff was ordered to show cause

within thirty days why he should not be required to pay the $350.00 fee. 

(Docs. 3, 5 & 10). Plaintiff was warned that failure to show cause could result in the 

dismissal of this action. (Doc. 10). Plaintiff failed to comply with the show-cause 

order.

Having reviewed the proposed findings and recommendations for plain error, 

the Court concludes that the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation 

(Doc. 11) should be ACCEPTED and hereby ADOPTS it as the findings of the 

Court. This action is therefore DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. 

The Clerk is DIRECTED to mail a copy of this Order to the plaintiff. 

DONE and ORDERED this April 9, 2020.

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 LILES C. BURKE

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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