Norton v. Tooele County Sheriff et al, No. 2:2014cv00763 - Document 14 (D. Utah 2017)

Court Description: MEMORANDUM DECISION and DISMISSAL ORDER: It is therefore ordered that Plaintiffs Complaint is DISMISSED for failure to state a claim under 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii), follow the Court's Order, and to prosecute his case. This case is closed. Signed by Judge Robert J. Shelby on 04/13/2017. (kpf)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF UTAH LONNIE NORTON, Plaintiff, MEMORANDUM DECISION & DISMISSAL ORDER v. TOOELE COUNTY SHERIFF et al., Defendants. Case No. 2:14-CV-763-RJS District Judge Robert J. Shelby Plaintiff, Lonnie Norton, filed this pro se civil-rights suit, see 42 U.S.C.S. § 1983 (2017). Reviewing the Complaint under § 1915(e), in an Order dated November 15, 2016, the Court determined Plaintiff's Complaint was deficient. The Court then gave Plaintiff directions for curing the deficiencies, sent him a "Pro Se Litigant Guide," with a blank-form civil rights complaint, and ordered him to cure the deficiencies within thirty days. Plaintiff has never responded to the order. The Court last heard from Plaintiff on March 31, 2015, when he filed an account statement and a notice of inability to pay his initial partial filing fee (which was received on January 5, 2015). IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Plaintiff's Complaint is DISMISSED for failure to state a claim under § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii), follow the Court’s Order, and to prosecute his case, see DUCivR 41-2. This case is CLOSED. DATED this 13th day of April, 2017. BY THE COURT: JUDGE ROBERT J. SHELBY United States District Court 2

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