KEITH ADAM NORTHERN v. AIDVANTAGE FEDERAL STUDENT AID LOAN SERVICING (2026)

REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

Last month, pro se plaintiff Keith Adam Northern filed this lawsuit without paying the filing fee, and the court ordered that, within 30 days, he either pay the filing fee or move for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. Dkt. 7. That order warned that, if Northern failed to do so, “the court w[ould] recommend that all claims be dismissed without prejudice.” Id. Northern received that order through the mail on August 17, 2026, Dkt. 8, but did not comply with it. The court has the inherent power to dismiss a complaint sua sponte for want of prosecution or failure to follow its orders. Link v. Wabash R.R. Co., 370 U.S. 626, 630–32 (1962); see also Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b).

It is RECOMMENDED that the complaint, Dkt. 1, be DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE for want of prosecution.

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Within 14 days after service of this report, any party may serve and file written objections to the findings and recommendations of the magistrate judge. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1).

A party is entitled to a de novo review by the district court of the findings and conclusions contained in this report only if specific objections are made. Id. § 636(b)(1). Failure to timely file written objections to any proposed findings, conclusions, and recommendations contained in this report will bar an aggrieved party from appellate review of those factual findings and legal conclusions accepted by the district court, except on grounds of plain error, provided that the party has been served with notice that such consequences will result from a failure to object. Id.; Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 155 (1985); Douglass v. United Servs. Auto Ass'n, 79 F.3d 1415, 1417 (5th Cir. 1996) (en banc), superseded by statute on other grounds, 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) (extending the time to file objections from 10 to 14 days).

So ORDERED and SIGNED this 16th day of September, 2026.

Bill Davis United States Magistrate Judge