Brown v. Griffin

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK CARLTON BROWN, Plaintiff, No. 18-CV-5439 (KMK) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE THOMAS GRIFFIN, ef al., Defendants. KENNETH M. KARAS, United States District Judge: On September 25, 2019, the Court issued an Opinion & Order (the “Opinion’’) granting Defendants’ Motion To Dismiss. (See generally Op. (Dkt. No. 33).) The Opinion granted Plaintiff 30 days to file an amended complaint. (/d. at 19.) Plaintiff has not filed an amended complaint or otherwise communicated with the Court Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that Plaintiff shall show cause, by no later than 30 days of the date of this Order, as to why this case should not be dismissed for failure to prosecute. See Armstrong v. Guccione, 470 F.3d 89 , 103 n.1 (2d Cir. 2006) (noting that “a federal district court has the inherent power to dismiss a case sua sponte for failure to prosecute” (citing Link v. Wabash R.R. Co., 370 U.S. 626 630-32 (1962)). The Court may dismiss this case without prejudice without further notice in the event that good cause is not shown. SO ORDERED. Dated: November 18, 2019 White Plains, New York Wk United States District Judge