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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 

WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS 

TEXARKANA DIVISION 

TONY WAYNE PRITCHETT PLAINTIFF 

v. Civil No. 4:19-cv-04084 

SERGEANT B. GRIFFIE, Miller County 

Detention Center (“MCDC”); CORPORAL 

B. SMITH, MCDC; SERGEANT D. ROGERS, 

MCDC; NURSE S. KING, MCDC; NURSE 

CHELSEY, MCDC; and NURSE CATHERINE, MCDC DEFENDANTS 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff Tony Wayne Pritchett filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action pro se on July 30, 2019. 

(ECF No. 1). Before the Court is Plaintiff’s failure to comply with an order of the Court. 

On March 10, 2020, Defendants Griffie, Rogers and Smith filed a Motion for Summary 

Judgment. (ECF No. 24). That same day the Court entered an order directing Plaintiff to file a 

response to the motion by March 31, 2020. (ECF No. 27). The order informed Plaintiff that failure 

to timely and properly comply with the order would subject this case to dismissal. On April 1, 

2020, Plaintiff filed a notice with the Court that his address had changed. (ECF No. 29). That 

same day, the Clerk of the Court sent a copy of the Court’s order directing Plaintiff to respond to 

Defendants’ Griffie, Rogers and Smith’s motion. See notes on Court’s Docket under (ECF No. 

29). To date, Plaintiff has not complied with the Court’s order to file a response and the order has 

not been returned to the Court as undeliverable. 

On April 22, 2020, the Court entered an order directing Plaintiff to show cause by May 1, 

2020, as to why he failed to comply with the Court’s order directing him to file a response to 

Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment. (ECF No. 31). On May 1, 2020, Plaintiff responded 

to the show cause order stating he had been moved multiple times to different prison facilities and 

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has applied for indigent legal supplies. (ECF No. 33). He also states his unit is on lock down, his 

library access is “non-existent”, and he is unable to obtain an envelope large enough to send in his 

response. Finally, Plaintiff states “my response to summary judgment is prepared and waiting to 

be sent off and submitted to the court but being indigent I do not have the means at this time.” Id. 

Being indigent does not excuse Plaintiff from following the Court’s orders. Accordingly, 

Plaintiff is given until May 21, 2020, to file his Response to Defendants Griffie, Rogers and 

Smith’s Motion for Summary Judgment. Plaintiff is advised that failure to timely and properly 

comply with this order will result in dismissal of his claims against Defendants Griffie, Rogers 

and Smith without prejudice. 

IT IS SO ORDERED this 7th day of May 2020. 

       /s/ Barry A. Bryant 

 HON. BARRY A. BRYANT 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

 

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