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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

JONESBORO DIVISION

JAMES EDWARD COLEMAN PLAINTIFF

ADC #650408

v. No: 3:19-cv-00097 KGB-PSH

KEITH BOWERS, et al. DEFENDANTS

PROPOSED FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION

INSTRUCTIONS

The following Recommendation has been sent to United States District Judge Kristine G. 

Baker. You may file written objections to all or part of this Recommendation. If you do so, those 

objections must: (1) specifically explain the factual and/or legal basis for your objection; and (2) 

be received by the Clerk of this Court within fourteen (14) days of this Recommendation. By not 

objecting, you may waive the right to appeal questions of fact.

DISPOSITION

Plaintiff James Edward Coleman, then an inmate at the Craighead County Detention 

Facility, filed a pro se complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on April 10, 2019 (Doc. No. 2).

Mail sent to Coleman was returned as undeliverable, and the envelope was entered on the docket. 

Doc. No. 9. On May 9, 2019, the Court entered a text order notifying Coleman that the mail could 

not be delivered to him because he was no longer at the address he provided. Doc. No. 10.

Coleman was directed to provide notice of his current mailing address by no later than thirty days

from the entry of the May 9, 2019 text order.1 He was warned that his failure to provide a current 

 1 In its initial order to Coleman, the Court notified him of his duty to promptly notify the Clerk 

and the parties of any change in his address. The Court also notified Coleman that if any communication 

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mailing address would cause the undersigned to recommend his complaint be dismissed. A printed 

version of the text order was sent to him at his last known address and to the Arkansas Department 

of Corrections’ East Arkansas Regional Unit.2 The envelope addressed to the Craighead County 

Detention Center containing the Court’s May 9 order was returned because Coleman was no longer 

housed there. Doc. No. 11. The envelope addressed to the East Arkansas Regional Unit was not 

returned.

More than 30 days have passed, and Coleman has not complied with or otherwise 

responded to the May 9 order. Coleman failed to notify the Clerk and the other parties to the 

proceedings of a change in his address as required by Local Rule 5.5(c)(2). Accordingly, the Court 

finds that this action should be dismissed without prejudice for failure to comply with Local Rule 

5.5(c)(2) and failure to respond to the Court’s orders. See Miller v. Benson, 51 F.3d 166, 168 (8th 

Cir. 1995) (District courts have inherent power to dismiss sua sponte a case for failure to prosecute, 

and exercise of that power is reviewed for abuse of discretion).

IT IS THEREFORE RECOMMENDED THAT Coleman’s complaint (Doc. No. 2) be 

DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.

DATED this 21st day of June, 2019.

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

 

from the Court to him is not responded to within 30 days, his case may be dismissed without prejudice. 

Doc. No. 3.

2 The Arkansas Department of Correction's public website indicates plaintiff may be held at the 

Arkansas Department of Correction, East Arkansas Regional Unit.

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