Hall v. Bedford County Jail (JTS), No. 4:2017cv00054 - Document 4 (E.D. Tenn. 2017)

Court Description: MEMORANDUM OPINION: more than twenty-one days have passed, and Plaintiff has failed to amend his complaint or otherwise respond to the Court's order. Therefore, this case will be DISMISSED for failure to state a claim for relie f, and for Plaintiff's failure to prosecute and to comply with the orders of this Court. Signed by Chief District Judge Thomas A Varlan on November 20, 2017. (copy mailed to James Timothy Hall, BEDFORD COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, 210 North Spring Street, Shelbyville, TN 37160) (AYB)

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Hall v. Bedford County Jail (JTS) Doc. 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE JAMES TIMOTHY HALL, Plaintiff, v. BEDFORD COUNTY JAIL and ADMINISTRATION, Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) No.: 4:17-CV-54-TAV-CHS MEMORANDUM OPINION This pro se prisoner’s civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 was filed on September 29, 2017 [Doc. 2]. On October 19, 2017, the Court entered a Memorandum and Order, screening the complaint to determine whether, inter alia, the pleading failed to state a claim which would entitle Plaintiff to relief under § 1983 [Doc. 3]. The Court found that the complaint, as pled, failed to state a claim, but that it might state a claim if Plaintiff amended certain allegations [Id.]. Thus, the Court allowed Plaintiff twenty-one days from that date to amend those allegations [Id.]. More than twenty-one days have passed, and Plaintiff has failed to amend his complaint or otherwise respond to the Court’s order. Therefore, this case will be DISMISSED for failure to state a claim for relief, 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2), and for Plaintiff’s failure to prosecute and to comply with the orders of this Court, Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b). AN APPROPRIATE JUDGMENT ORDER WILL ENTER. s/ Thomas A. Varlan CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE Dockets.Justia.com

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