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Parties Involved:
Clark
Defendant
Turn Key Health
Defendant
Joseph Williams
Plaintiff

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS 

CENTRAL DIVISION 

JOSEPH WILLIAMS PLAINTIFF 

#26763-009 

V. Case No. 4:23-CV-00513-LPR-BBM 

CLARK, Nurse, LPN/RN, 

Turn Key Health DEFENDANT 

RECOMMENDED DISPOSITION 

 The following Recommended Disposition (“Recommendation”) has been sent to 

United States District Judge Lee P. Rudofsky. 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 the date of this Recommendation. If you do not file objections, 

Judge Rudofsky may adopt this Recommendation without independently reviewing all of 

the evidence in the record. By not objecting, you may waive the right to appeal questions 

of fact.

I. DISCUSSION 

On June 2, 2023, Plaintiff Joseph Williams (“Williams”), then an inmate in the 

Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility, filed a pro se Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 

§ 1983, alleging violations of his constitutional rights. (Doc. 2). After screening the 

Complaint, the Court allowed Williams to proceed with his Fourteenth Amendment 

deliberate indifference to serious medical needs claim against Defendant Clark in her 

individual capacity. (Doc. 10 at 5; Doc. 16). 

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On August 8, 2024, mail sent to Williams at his address of record was returned as 

undeliverable with the notation “Discharged.” (Doc. 18). The Court previously notified 

Williams of his obligations to maintain a valid mailing address with the Clerk of this Court 

and to diligently prosecute his case. (Doc. 4 at 1). On August 12, 2024, the Court ordered 

Williams to file a notice of his current mailing address by September 11, 2024, if he 

intended to continue pursuing this lawsuit. (Doc. 19). The Court cautioned Williams that 

if he failed to timely and properly comply with the Order, this case may be dismissed 

without prejudice pursuant to Local Rule 5.5(c)(2). Id. 

Specifically, under Local Rule 5.5(c)(2), Williams has a duty to: (1) promptly notify 

the Clerk of any changes in his address; (2) monitor the progress of his case; and (3) 

prosecute his case diligently. Additionally, Local Rule 5.5(c)(2) provides that, if any 

communication from the Court to a pro se plaintiff, like Williams, is not responded to 

within 30 days, the case may be dismissed, without prejudice. Id. 

Williams has not complied with the August 12, 2024 Order, and the time to do so 

has passed. The August 12, 2024 Order was also returned as undeliverable with a notation, 

“Discharged.” (Doc. 20). Accordingly, Williams’s Complaint should be dismissed, without 

prejudice, for failure to prosecute.

II. CONCLUSION 

 IT IS THEREFORE RECOMMENDED THAT: 

1. Williams’s Complaint, (Doc. 2), be DISMISSED without prejudice for lack 

of prosecution. 

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2. The Court CERTIFY, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3), that an in forma 

pauperis appeal from any order adopting this Recommended Disposition and the 

accompanying judgment would not be taken in good faith. 

 DATED this 26th day of September, 2024. 

 ___________________________________ 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

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