RATLIFF v. DAVIS et al

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
MACON DIVISION
TORRANCE TREMAYNE 	:
RATLIFF, 	:
:
Plaintiff, 	:
:
V. 	: 	NO. 5:25-cv-00395-MTT-ALS
:
Sheriff DAVID DAVIS, et al., 	:
:
Defendants. 	:
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ORDER OF DISMISSAL
Plaintiff 	Torrance 	Tremayne 	Ratliff, 	a 	detainee 	in 	the 	Bibb 	County 	Law
Enforcement Center in Macon, Georgia, filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint. ECF No. 1.
He also moved for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. ECF No. 2. Thereafter, Plaintiff
was ordered to submit a certified copy of his trust fund account statement. ECF No. 4.
Plaintiff was given fourteen days to file his account statement and was cautioned that his
failure to do so may result in the dismissal of this case. Id.
More than fourteen days passed after that order was entered, and Plaintiff did not
file his account statement or otherwise respond to the Court’s order. Accordingly, Plaintiff
was ordered to show cause to the Court why this case should not be dismissed based on his
failure to file his account statement. 	ECF No. 5. 	Plaintiff was given fourteen days to
respond and was cautioned that his failure to do so would likely result in the dismissal of
this case. Id.
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More than fourteen days have now passed since the show cause order was entered,
and Plaintiff has not responded to that order. Moreover, mail sent to Plaintiff at the Bibb
County Law Enforcement Center, the only address on file for Plaintiff, has been returned
to this Court as undeliverable. ECF Nos. 6 & 7. It is Plaintiff’s responsibility to keep the
Court informed as to his current address, and insofar as the Court has no information about
Plaintiff’s current whereabouts, this case cannot continue.
Therefore, because Plaintiff has failed to respond to the Court’s orders and has
otherwise failed to prosecute this case, it is hereby ORDERED that this action be
DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b); Brown v Tallahassee
Police Dep’t, 205 F. App’x 802, 802 (11th Cir. 2006) (per curiam) (first citing Fed. R. Civ.
P. 41(b); and then citing Lopez v. Aransas Cnty. Indep. Sch. Dist., 570 F.2d 541, 544 (5th
Cir. 1978)) (“The [C]ourt may dismiss an action sua sponte under Rule 41(b) for failure to
prosecute or failure to obey a court order.”).
SO ORDERED, this 4th day of February, 2026.
S/ Marc T. Treadwell
MARC T. TREADWELL, JUDGE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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