WASHINGTON
v.
LAKESIDE VILLAS APARTMENT
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A pro se plaintiff failed to file an amended complaint by the court-ordered deadline of July 3, 2025, despite a June 13, 2025 order allowing amendment. The district court dismissed the case without prejudice as a final judgment when the deadline expired without extension request.
When a district court dismisses a complaint with leave to amend within a specified time and that time expires without the plaintiff seeking an extension, the dismissal order becomes a final judgment and the district court loses all prejudgment powers to grant further extensions of time to amend.
“[A]n order dismissing a complaint with leave to amend within a specified time becomes a final judgment if the time allowed for amendment expires without the plaintiff seeking an extension. And when the order becomes a final judgment, the district court loses all its prejudgment powers to grant any more extensions of time to amend the complaint.”
Establishes the controlling legal standard that triggers loss of district court jurisdiction over the case upon expiration of the amendment deadline without extension request.
On June 13, 2025, the court dismissed plaintiff's amended complaint without prejudice and permitted the pro se plaintiff to file another amended compl…
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On June 13, 2025, the court dismissed the amended complaint (Dkt. 4) without prejudice and permitted Plaintiff, proceeding pro se, to file an amended complaint on or before July 3, 2025. (Dkt. 25.) Because Plaintiff did not file an amended complaint or request an extension of time to do so before this deadline expired, the June 13, 2025 order became a final judgment on July 3, 2025. See Auto. Alignment & Body Serv., Inc. v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 953 F. 3d 707, 720 (11th Cir. 2020) ("[A]n order dismissing a complaint with leave to amend within a specified time becomes a final judgment if the time allowed for amendment expires without the plaintiff seeking an extension. And when the order becomes a final judgment, the district court loses all its prejudgment powers to grant any more extensions of time to amend the complaint." (citation and quotation omitted)).
Accordingly:
1. This case is DISMISSED without prejudice.
2. The Clerk is DIRECTED to enter judgment accordingly, to terminate any pending motions and deadlines, and to close the case.
ORDERED in Orlando, Florida, on July 23, 2025.
JULIE S. SNEED UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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