Source: s3://data.kl3m.ai/documents/govinfo/USCOURTS/USCOURTS-ared-4_08-cv-01328/USCOURTS-ared-4_08-cv-01328-1/pdf.json

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

---

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

LITTLE ROCK DIVISION

LEE MADDEN PLAINTIFF

ADC # 136534

V. 4:08CV01328 BSM/HDY

LARRY NORRIS, Director, Arkansas Department of 

Correction; MIKE BEEBE, Arkansas Attorney

General; ARKANSAS BOARD OF PAROLE

AND COMMUNITY REHABILITATION; UNITED

STATES OF AMERICA; and OFFICER MONGER,

East Arkansas Regional Unit, Arkansas Department of Correction DEFENDANTS

ORDER

Plaintiffs initiated this § 1983 action by filing a complaint alleging various

constitutional claims. In an order dated August 19, 2008 (Doc. No. 5), the court ordered

plaintiff to submit either the statutory filing fee or a completed in forma pauperis application.

Plaintiff was given thirty days in which to file these pleadings and he was cautioned of the

requirements of Local Rule 5.5(c)(2).

Local Rule 5.5(c)(2) provides that if any communication from the court to a pro se

litigant is not responded to within thirty days, the case may be dismissed without prejudice.

More than thirty days have passed since the entry date of that order, and plaintiff has not

responded to the court’s order.

Under these circumstances, the court concludes that plaintiff’s claims should be

dismissed without prejudice for failure to comply with Local Rule 5.5(c)(2). See Miller v.

Case 4:08-cv-01328-BSM Document 7 Filed 09/29/08 Page 1 of 2
2

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 we review the exercise of this power for abuse

of discretion.”)

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that plaintiff’s claims be and they are hereby

DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. 

DATED this 29th day of September, 2008.

____________________________________

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Case 4:08-cv-01328-BSM Document 7 Filed 09/29/08 Page 2 of 2