WILLIAMS v. CITY OF AUSTIN (2019)

Blayne Williams sued the City of Austin for the sixth time over his 2015 termination from a job with its police department. The City filed a motion to dismiss. Two months elapsed without Williams filing a response even though the court’s rules required a response within 14 days of the motion’s filing. Williams also did not respond to the City’s repeated attempts to confer about a scheduling conference.

As a result of Williams’s failure to prosecute the case, the district court dismissed it under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b). The district court also ordered that Williams not file additional lawsuits without first obtaining permission from the district court or the court of appeals. Williams’s brief is not directed at these rulings, but instead repeats his allegations about wrongdoing by the police chief and other city officials. In any event, we find no abuse of discretion by the district court.

AFFIRMED.

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PER CURIAM: * FN* Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.