BALOA DIAZ
v.
EDI KORTA, LLC
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The District Court for the Southern District of Florida struck plaintiffs' amended complaint for failing to comply with a court order requiring them to file a motion for leave before submitting an amended complaint. The court gave plaintiffs a final opportunity to comply or face dismissal of the action.
The court struck the amended complaint for noncompliance with its order and warned that dismissal under Rule 41(b) may result if plaintiffs fail to properly file a motion for leave and show cause why the action should not be dismissed by the new deadline.
“While dismissal [under Rule 41(b)] is an extraordinary remedy, dismissal upon disregard of an order, especially where the litigant has been forewarned, generally is not an abuse of discretion.”
Establishes that dismissal for violating court orders is a permissible sanction when the party has been warned, supporting the court's authority to strike the complaint and potentially dismiss the action
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and PORFI MUSIC, LLC,
Plaintiffs,
ν.
EDI KORTA, LLC, et al.,
Defendants.
ORDER
THIS CAUSE comes before the Court on a sua sponte review of the record. In this Court's August 1, 2024, Order Adopting Magistrate Judge Elfenbein's Report and Recommendation, the Court ordered Plaintiffs to “file a motion for leave to file an Amended Complaint, with a copy of the Amended Complaint attached that cures the deficiencies identified by Magistrate Judge Elfenbein in the Report and Recommendation,” no later than August 16, 2024. [ECF No. 34 at 2]. The Court warned that failure to do so may result in the Court dismissing and closing this case. Id.
On August 16, 2024, Plaintiffs filed an Amended Complaint. [ECF No. 36]. By doing so, Plaintiffs failed to comply with this Court's Order requiring Plaintiffs to file a motion for leave to file an Amended Complaint. The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure permit the Court to dismiss an action for failure to comply with its orders. Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b); see also Moon v. Newsome, 863 F. 2d 835, 837 (11th Cir. 1989) (“While dismissal [under Rule 41(b)] is an extraordinary remedy, dismissal upon disregard of an order, especially where the litigant has been forewarned, generally is not an abuse of discretion.").
Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that Plaintiffs’Amended Complaint [ECF No. 36] is STRICKEN. Plaintiffs shall file a motion for leave to file an Amended Complaint, with a copy of the Amended Complaint attached that cures the deficiencies identified by Magistrate Judge Elfenbein in the Report and Recommendation, no later than August 23, 2024. Plaintiffs shall also show cause in writing why this Court should not dismiss this action for failure to comply with Court order no later than August 26, 2024.
DONE AND ORDERED in the Southern District of Florida on August 19, 2024.
DAVID S. LEIBOWITZ UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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