Nahwooksy v. Elam et al, No. 7:2018cv00479 - Document 27 (W.D. Va. 2019)
Court Description: MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Senior Judge Jackson L. Kiser on 5/22/2019. (tvt)
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Aeti':@# èNtVtl :g:*èke AT@ n1 A II% L* ,V1 FILED IN TH E U N ITE D STAT ES D ISTR ICT C O U RT FOR THE W ESTERN DISTRICT OFVIRGINIA R O A N O K E D IV ISIO N MAï 42 2210 JuL BY: RICHARD NAHW OOKSY,JR., Plaintiff, v. M ARCUS ELAM ,ET AL., Defendants. apRx ,C k . , ) DP L ) ) CASE NO.7:18CV00479 ) ) M EM OM NDUM OPINION ) ) By:Hon.Jackson L.Kiser ) SeniorUnited StatesDistrictJudge ) PlaintiffRichardNahwooksy,Jr.,aVirginiainmateproceedingproK ,filed thiscivilrights actionptlrsuantto42U.S.C.j 1983.DefendantsJ.Clifton,MarcusElnm,andJ.A.W oodsonfiled am otionto dism isson February 20,2019.On February 21,thecourtm ailed anoticeadvisingM r. Nahwooksy thatthecourtwould givehim twenty-one (21)daysto submitany furthercounteraffidavits or other relevant evidence contradicting, explaining or avoiding the defendants' evidencebeforeruling on theirm otions. Thenoticewarned M r.Nahwooksy: IfPlaintiffdoesnotrespond to Defendantgs'jpleadingg1,the Courtwillassume thatPlaintiffhaslostinterestin thecase,and/orthatPlaintiffagreeswith whatthe Defendantgs)stateg)intheirresponsivepleadinglj.IfPlaintiffwishesto continue with the case,it is necessary thatPlaintiff respond in an appropriate fashion. Plaintiffmay wish to respond with counter-affdavitsorotheradditionalevidence asoutlined above. However.ifPlaintiff doesnotfile some response within the twentv-one(21)dayperiodstheCourtm av dism issthecaseforfailureto prosecute. (Notice(ECF No.24J(emphasisinoriginall.) M r.Nahwooksyfiledamotion foranextensionof time to respond to the defendants'm otion,which the courtgranted by order entered M arch 20, Nahwooksy v. Elam et al Doc. 27 2019. Since issuing that order,the courthas received no further com munication from M r. Nahwooksy aboutthiscase,andthedeadlineforhisresponsetothedefendants'm otion haspassed. Accordingly,the courtconcludes that,pursuantto Rule 41(b)ofthe FederalRulesof Civil Dockets.Justia.com Procedure,M 1..Nahwooksy hasfailed to prosecutethisaction. See cenerallv Ballard v.Carlson, 882F.2d93(4thCir.1989). Having' duly notifedthepartiesthatM r. Nahwooksy'sfailureto respondtothedefendants' dispositive motion would be interpreted asfailure to prosecute and would be causefordism issal oftheactionwithoutprejudice,thecourtwilldismissthecaseaccordingly.A separateorderwill enterthisday. M r.Nahwooksy isadvised thatifhe intendsto proceed with thisaction,he mustpetition thecourtwithinthirty (30)daysoftheentryofthisorderforareinstatementofthisaction.Any motion forreinstatem entshould provide a specific explanation forM r.Nahwooksy'sfailtlre to respond in atim ely fashion tothedefendants'dispositivemotion. TheClerk isdirected tosend copiesofthism em orandum opinion andaccompanying order to M z.Nahwooksy and to cotms 1ofrecord forthedefendants. ENTERED thi day ofM ay,2019. EN I R U N ITED STA TES D ISTRICT JU D GE 2
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