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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 

CAREY PEDEN PLAINTIFF 

v. No: 3:19-cv-00070 KGB-PSH 

CRAIGHEAD COUNTY JAIL, 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 Carey Peden, then an inmate at the Craighead County Detention Facility, filed a 

pro se complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on March 26, 2019 (Doc. No. 1). Mail later sent 

to Peden was returned as undeliverable, and the envelope was entered on the docket. Doc. No. 16. 

On May 20, 2019, the Court entered a text order notifying Peden that the mail could not be 

delivered to him because he was no longer at the address he provided. Doc. No. 17. Peden was 

directed to provide notice of his current mailing address by no later than thirty days from the entry 

of the May 20, 2019 text order.1 He was warned that his failure to provide a current mailing 

                                                             1 In its initial order to Peden, 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 Peden that if any communication from 

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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. The envelope addressed to the 

Craighead County Detention Facility containing the Court’s May 20 order was returned because 

Peden was no longer housed there. Doc. No. 25. Other mail was also returned. See Doc. Nos. 22 

& 26. 

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

to the May 20 order. Peden 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 Peden’s complaint be DISMISSED 

WITHOUT PREJUDICE. 

 DATED this 2nd day of July, 2019. 

 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

                                                            

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

No. 2. 

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