KNIGHT v. BIBB COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
MACON DIVISION
DESIREE KNIGHT, 	)
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Plaintiff, 	)
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v. 	) 	CIVIL ACTION NO. 5:25-CV-390 (MTT)
BIBB COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, 	)
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Defendant. 	)
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ORDER
Pro se plaintiff Desiree Knight filed this lawsuit against the Bibb County School
District. ECF 1. Knight also moved to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). ECF 2. The
Court granted Knight’s motion to proceed IFP and ordered Knight to file an amended
complaint no later than October 14, 2025. ECF 3.
The time for compliance passed without a response from Knight. As a result,
Knight was ordered to respond and show cause why his lawsuit should not be
dismissed for failing to follow the Court’s orders and instructions. ECF 4. Knight was
given until November 17, 2025 to comply with the Court’s orders and instructions and
warned that failure to comply could result in dismissal of this action. Id. In response,
Knight moved for an extension of time to amend her complaint. ECF 5; 6. The Court
granted Knight’s motion for an extension and gave Knight until December 18, 2025 to
amend her complaint. ECF 6.
The time for compliance has again passed without a response from Knight. As
Knight was previously warned, the failure to comply with the Court’s orders and
instructions is grounds for dismissing this case. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 41; see also Brown
v. Tallahassee Police Dep't, 205 F. App'x 802, 802 (11th Cir. 2006) (“The court may
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dismiss an action sua sponte under Rule 41(b) for failure to prosecute or failure to obey
a court order.”) (citing Lopez v. Aransas Cnty. Indep. Sch. Dist., 570 F.2d 541, 544 (5th
Cir. 1978))1. Accordingly, Knight’s complaint (ECF 1) is DISMISSED without prejudice.
SO ORDERED, this 16th day of January, 2026.
S/ Marc T. Treadwell
MARC T. TREADWELL, JUDGE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
1 The Eleventh Circuit has adopted as binding precedent the decisions of the former Fifth Circuit rendered
prior to October 1, 1981. Bonner v. City of Prichard, 661 F.2d 1206, 1209 (11th Cir. 1981) (en banc).
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