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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
SHREVEPORT DIVISION
CHRISTOPHER BROWN CIVIL ACTION NO. 24-1522
SECTION P
VS.
JUDGE S. MAURICE HICKS, JR.
ROBERT CHAVIS, ET AL. MAG. JUDGE KAYLA D. MCCLUSKY
NOTICE OF INTENT TO DISMISS
On January 8, 2025, the Court ordered Plaintiff Christopher Brown to, within thirty days,
give the Clerk of Court two (2) completed summonses and one (1) completed USM-285 form for
each defendant for service. [doc. # 10]. To date, however, Plaintiff has not complied.
Plaintiffs inaction is grounds for dismissal of this proceeding against the unserved
defendants under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b). The Court, under its inherent power to
control the docket, may dismiss an action sua sponte.!
Plaintiff is advised that within twenty-one (21) days of the date of this Notice and in the
absence of good cause shown, the Court intends to dismiss the defendants for whom Plaintiff has
failed to complete and return the required service documents. FED. R. Civ. P. 41(b).
The Clerk of Court shall attach copies of Documents 10, 10-1, and 10-2 to this Notice.
In Chambers, Monroe, Louisiana, this 1“ day of April, 2025.
Toyf Ky Me bus by
AYLA DYE MCCLUSKY
MAGISTRATE JUDGE
' See Link v. Wabash Railroad Company, 82 S. Ct. 1386 (1962); Rogers v. Kroger, Co., 669 F.2d
317, 320-21 (Sth Cir. 1982); Natural Gas Pipeline Co. v. Energy Gathering, Inc. 2 F.3d 1397,
1407 (Sth Cir. 1993).