RECOMMENDATION OF UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

NINA Y. WANG, Magistrate Judge.

This matter comes before the court on the Order to Show Cause dated September 25, 2019, stemming from Plaintiff Nicholas McAllister-Ziegler's ("Plaintiff" or "Mr. McAllister-Ziegler") failure to appear for the court-ordered Status Conference set for September 25, 2019. [#42]. The undersigned Magistrate Judge considers the matter pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b) and the Order Referring Case dated May 10, 2019, [#10]. For the following reasons, I respectfully RECOMMEND that this civil action and Plaintiff's Second Amended Complaint [#31] be DISMISSED without prejudice for failure to prosecute under D.C.COLO.LCivR 41.1 and for Plaintiff's failure to comply with this District's Local Rules of Civil Practice and Orders of the court.

BACKGROUND

Plaintiff initiated this civil action by filing his pro se prisoner Complaint in the District Court of Denver County on or about March 26, 2019. See [#5]. According to Plaintiff, Defendants violated his Eighth Amendment rights, and his Complaint asserted a single claim for deliberate indifference. See generally [#5]. On May 8, 2019, Defendants removed this civil action from the District Court for the County of Denver, invoking federal subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1331. See [#1].

On July 8 and 10, 2019, the court received notice that Plaintiff's mail was being returned to the court as undeliverable, see [#32; #33], prompting this court to direct the Clerk of the Court to update Plaintiff's mailing address as indicated in his Second Amended Complaint, see [#31]. The court then re-sent its previous filings to Mr. McAllister-Ziegler at the updated mailing address, 4101 Pecos Street, Denver, Colorado 80211. See [#36]. On July 19, 2019, this court conducted a Status Conference, at which Plaintiff was not present, but given the recent update to Mr. McAllister-Ziegler's mailing address, this court set a further Status Conference for September 25, 2019, rather than issue an Order to Show Cause. See [#37].

Plaintiff failed to appear for the September 25, 2019 Status Conference. At the time, the court's filings were not returned undeliverable to Mr. McAllister-Ziegler, and thus this court presumed Plaintiff had adequate notice of the Status Conference. However, shortly after the Status Conference, the court's Order [#39] on the pending Recommendation [#38] to deny Plaintiff's Motion for Remand was returned undeliverable with the notation, "Return to Sender. Attempted — Not Known. Unable to Forward." [#41]. Since filing his Second Amended Complaint, Plaintiff has not informed the court of any change in his mailing address. And given Plaintiff's failure to appear at the Status Conference, this court issued an Order to Show Cause for lack of prosecution.

On October 8, 2019, this court's Order to Show Cause [#42] was returned undeliverable, with the notation "Return to Sender. Not Deliverable as Addressed. Unable to Forward." [#47]. To date, Plaintiff has yet to update his mailing address with the court, and the Order to Show Cause specifically advised Mr. McAllister-Ziegler that his "failure to comply with this Order may result in this court recommending dismissal of this action." [#42 at 3 (emphasis in original)].

ANALYSIS

Local Rule of Civil Practice 41.1, D.C.COLO.LCivR, provides:

Further, D.C.COLO.LAttyR 5(c) requires pro se parties to maintain current contact information and states that "Notice of change of name, mailing address, or telephone number of an unrepresented prisoner or party shall be filed not later than five days after the change." A party's pro se status does not exempt her from complying with the procedural rules that govern all civil actions filed in this District, namely, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Local Rules of Practice for the District of Colorado. See Murray v. City of Tahlequah, 312 F.3d 1196, 1199 n.2 (10th Cir. 2008). In addition, the court plays a neutral role in the litigation process and cannot assume the role of an advocate for the pro se party. Adler v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 144 F.3d 664, 672 (10th Cir.1998).

As mentioned, Plaintiff has yet to update his mailing address with the court, resulting in the court's filings to be returned undeliverable. In addition, Plaintiff failed to appear for the court-ordered Status Conference set for September 25, 2019, and the Order to Show Cause specifically advised Mr. McAllister-Ziegler that his failure to respond may result in the court recommending dismissal of this action without prejudice. Having not received a response and given Mr. McAllister-Ziegler's failure to abide by court Orders and this District's Local Rules of Civil Procedure and his lack of diligence in litigating this matter, dismissal of this civil action for lack of prosecution is warranted. See Nasious v. Two Unknown B.I.C.E. Agents, 492 F.3d 1158, 1161 (10th Cir. 2007) (providing that when dismissing a case without prejudice, "a district court may, without abusing its discretion, enter such an order without attention to any particular procedures."); see also Reed v. Bennett, 312 F.3d 1190, 1195 (10th Cir. 2002) ("A district court undoubtedly has discretion to sanction a party for failing to prosecute or defend a case, or for failing to comply with local or federal procedural rules.").

CONCLUSION

For the reasons stated herein, this court respectfully RECOMMENDS that:

A copy of this Recommendation shall be sent to: