MAPES v. GSA et al
Plaintiff: ERIC J. MAPES
Defendant: GSA and U.S. DOJ
Case Number: 1:2020cv02412
Filed: September 17, 2020
Court: US District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
Presiding Judge: Sarah Evans Barker
Referring Judge: Debra McVicker Lynch
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights: Americans with Disabilities - Other
Cause of Action: 42 U.S.C. ยง 1983
Jury Demanded By: None
Docket Report

This docket was last retrieved on November 9, 2020. A more recent docket listing may be available from PACER.

Date Filed Document Text
November 9, 2020 Filing 7 Mail Returned as undeliverable, return to sender, vacate, unable to forward (PO Box 47181, Indpls, IN 46247) #6 Closed Judgment, #5 Order sent to ERIC J. MAPES. (JDC)
October 23, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 5 ORDER - DISMISSING ACTION AND DIRECTING JUDGMENT; Plaintiff Eric J. Mapes, pro se, initiated this action on September 17, 2020, without paying the filing fee or filing a motion for leave to proceed without the prepayment of the filing fee (in forma pauperis).We thus directed Plaintiff to either pay the filing fee for this action or demonstrate his financially unable to do so by filing a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. We ordered him to do so no later than October 15, 2020. This date has now come and gone without a response to the Court's order.The Court understands Plaintiff's motion to state that he did not intend to file a new civil action by his original submission. Accordingly, this action is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. To the extent Plaintiff's demand to cease and desist is cognizable by us given that he also claims he did not intend to initiate a civil action, it is DENIED. Plaintiff ERIC J. MAPES is reminded that the Court has the authority to restrict his ability to file actions and to assess fines against him for filing frivolous cases. The Court may elect to used this power if Plaintiff does not cease filing frivolous lawsuits. Signed by Judge Sarah Evans Barker on 10/22/2020. copy mailed (CKM)
October 22, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 6 FINAL JUDGMENT PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 58; For the reasons set forth in the Court's Order entered this day, the Court now enters FINAL JUDGMENT and DISMISSES Plaintiff's Complaint WITHOUT PREJUDICE. Signed by Judge Sarah Evans Barker on 10/22/2020. (CKM)
October 5, 2020 Filing 4 MOTION TO CLARIFY AND CEASE AND DESIST, filed by Plaintiff ERIC J. MAPES. no env(CKM) Modified on 10/5/2020 (CKM).
September 29, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 3 ORDER - DIRECTING FURTHER PROCEEDINGS; The plaintiff shall have through Wednesday, October 15, 2020 in which to either pay the $400.00 filing fee for this action or demonstrate that he lacks the financial ability to do so by submitting an affidavit setting forth the income and assets he possesses, including that he is unable to prepay the fees, and stating his belief that he is entitled to redress. 28 U.S.C. 1915(a). Signed by Judge Sarah Evans Barker on 9/29/2020. Copy Mailed.(CKM)
September 17, 2020 Filing 2 MAGISTRATE JUDGE's NOTICE of Availability to Exercise Jurisdiction issued. (REO)
September 17, 2020 Filing 1 COMPLAINT against GSA, U.S. DOJ, filed by ERIC J. MAPES. (No fee paid with this filing) (REO)

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