SCOTT v. STATE BOARD OF TECHINICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM OF GEORGIA

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
MACON DIVISION
ADREAL CHLOE SCOTT, 	)
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Plaintiff, 	)
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v. 	) 	CIVIL ACTION NO. 5:25-CV-358 (MTT)
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THE STATE BOARD OF TECHNICAL 	)
COLLEGE OF GEORGIA d/b/a 	)
SOUTHERN CRESCENT TECHNICAL 	)
COLLEGE , 	)
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Defendant. 	)
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ORDER
Pro se plaintiff Adreal Chloe Scott filed this lawsuit against Southern Crescent
Technical College.1 ECF 1; 3. Scott also moved to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”).
ECF 2. The Court granted Scott’s motion for leave to proceed IFP and ordered her to
recast her amended complaint for screening by October 3, 2025. ECF 4.
The time for compliance passed without a response from Scott. As a result, Scott
was ordered to show cause why her lawsuit should not be dismissed for failing to follow
the Court’s orders and instructions. ECF 5. Scott was given until November 4, 2025, to
comply with the Court’s orders and instructions and warned that failure to comply could
result in dismissal of this action. Id.
The time for compliance has again passed without a response from Scott. As
Scott 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
1 Scott amended her complaint once on September 9, 2025. ECF 3. Scott’s amended complaint is the
operative complaint in this action. Hoefling v. City of Miami, 811 F.3d 1271, 1277 (11th Cir. 2016)
(holding that the filing of an amended pleading renders the previous pleading a “legal nullity”).
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v. Tallahassee Police Dep't, 205 F. App'x 802, 802 (11th Cir. 2006) (“The court may
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))2. Accordingly, Scott’s amended complaint (ECF 3) is DISMISSED without
prejudice.
SO ORDERED, this 12th day of November, 2025.
S/ Marc T. Treadwell
MARC T. TREADWELL, JUDGE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
2 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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