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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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AO72A

(Rev. 8/82)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

FAYETTEVILLE DIVISION

TIMOTHY DELON THOMPSON PLAINTIFF

v. Civil No. 05-5033

 

RANDALL DENZER, Jail

Administrator; and SHERIFF

TIM HELDER DEFENDANTS

REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE

Timothy Delon Thompson filed this pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §

1983 on March 2, 2005. His complaint was filed in forma pauperis (IFP). At the time he filed

the complaint, Thompson was incarcerated at the Washington County Detention Center. He was

later transferred to the Arkansas Department of Correction (ADC) and a change of address

entered.

On August 10, 2005, the defendants filed a motion to dismiss pursuant to Rule 5.5(c)(2)

of the Local Rules for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas (Doc. 20). Defendants

stated that materials sent to Thompson at the ADC have been returned to them with the notation:

“Paroled--Return to Sender.” 

The court notes that the website maintained by the ADC, www.state.ar.us/doc, shows that

no inmate by plaintiff’s name is incarcerated there. The Arkansas JusticeXchange website,

www.justicexchange.com, indicates Thompson was paroled on July 3, 2005. 

Local Rule 5.5(c)(2) provides in part as follows:

Parties appearing pro se. It is the duty of any party not represented by counsel to

promptly notify the Clerk and the other parties to the proceedings of any change in

his or her address, to monitor the progress of the case, and to prosecute or defend the

action diligently. A party appearing for himself/herself shall sign his/her pleadings

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and state his/her address, zip code, and telephone number. If any communication

from the Court to a pro se plaintiff is not responded to within thirty (30) days, the

case may be dismissed without prejudice. 

Thompson has not communicated with the court since he was paroled from the ADC. No

other address for the plaintiff is available. 

I therefore recommend defendants’ motion to dismiss be granted and Thompson’s

complaint be dismissed on the grounds he has failed to prosecute this action and obey the rules

of the court requiring him to keep the court informed of his address. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b).

The parties have ten days from receipt of the report and recommendation in which to file

written objections pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). The failure to file timely objections

may result in waiver of the right to appeal questions of fact. The parties are reminded that

objections must be both timely and specific to trigger de novo review by the district court.

DATED this 29th day of August 2005.

/s/ Beverly Stites Jones 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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