REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

BARRY A. BRYANT, Magistrate Judge.

This is a civil rights action filed by the Plaintiff Jessie Elerson pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. According to Plaintiff's address of record he is not currently incarcerated. Pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and (3)(2011), the Honorable Susan O. Hickey, United States District Judge, referred this case to the undersigned for the purpose of making a report and recommendation.

Currently before the Court is Plaintiff's failure to comply with a Court order and failure to prosecute this matter. After careful consideration, the Court makes the following Report and Recommendation.

1. BACKGROUND

Plaintiff filed his Complaint on September 19, 2013. ECF No. 1. In his Complaint, Plaintiff claims Defendants violated his constitutional rights by denying medication and medical care. At the time he filed his Complaint, Plaintiff was incarcerated in the Union County Detention Center ("UCDC").

On November 1, 2013, the Court received notice that Plaintiff was released from the UCDC and changed his address of record to the address provided by Plaintiff. ECF No. 8.

On February 7, 2014, Defendants filed a Motion to Compel stating Plaintiff had failed to respond to discovery requests. ECF No. 13. On April 17, 2014, the Court granted Defendants' Motion to Compel and ordered Plaintiff to respond to the discovery requests by May 2, 2014. The Court also advised Plaintiff that failure to comply with the Order could result in dismissal of this case. ECF No. 14. The April 17, 2014 Order to compel was not returned as undeliverable mail.

On May 22, 2014, Defendants filed a Motion to Dismiss stating Plaintiff had failed to respond to the discovery request by the Court-imposed deadline. ECF No. 15. Plaintiff did not respond to Defendants' Motion to Dismiss.

On January 20, 2015, the Court issued an Order to Show Cause directing Plaintiff to show cause why he failed to comply with the Court's April 17, 2014 Order to compel. ECF No. 16. Plaintiff failed to respond. The Order to Show Cause was not returned as undeliverable mail.

Plaintiff has not communicated with the Court since November 2013 when he notified the Court he was released from the UCDC. ECF No. 8.

2. APPLICABLE LAW

While pro se pleadings are to be construed liberally, a pro se litigant is not excused from complying with substantive and procedural law. Burgs v. Sissel, 745 F.2d 526, 528 (8th Cir. 1984). Local Rule 5.5(c)(2) states in pertinent part:

Local Rule 5.5(c)(2).

Additionally, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure also specifically contemplate dismissal of a case with prejudice on the grounds the plaintiff failed to prosecute or failed to comply with orders of the court. Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b); Link v. Wabash R.R. Co., 370 U.S. 626, 630-31 (1962) (the district court possess the power to dismiss sua sponte under Rule 41(b)). Pursuant to Rule 41(b), a district court has the power to dismiss an action based on "the plaintiff's failure to comply with any court order," and such a dismissal may be with prejudice if there has been "`a clear record of delay or contumacious conduct by the plaintiff.'" Brown v. Frey, 806 F.2d 801, 803-04 (8th Cir. 1986) (quoting Haley v. Kansas City Star, 761 F.2d 489, 491 (8th Cir. 1985)) (emphasis added). Dismissal with prejudice is an extreme sanction, and only to be used in cases of "willful disobedience of a court order" or "where a litigant exhibits a pattern of intentional dely." Hunt v. City of Minneapolis, 203 F.3d 524, 527 (8th Cir. 2000). The Court does not, however, need to find that Plaintiff acted in bad faith, but "only that he acted intentionally as opposed to accidentally or involuntarily." Id. (quoting Rodgers v. Univ. of Missouri, 135 F.3d 1216, 1219 (8th Cir. 1998)).

3. DISCUSSION

Plaintiff has failed to comply with the Court's April 17, 2014 Order to compel. Further, Plaintiff has completely failed to prosecute this matter. Plaintiff has done nothing past filing his Complaint and in forma pauperis application. The Court presumes that Plaintiff has received all mailings sent to his current address of record as these mailings have not been returned as undeliverable. Accordingly, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b) the Court recommends Plaintiff's Complaint be dismissed without prejudice for failure to comply with the Court's Local Rules and Orders and failure to prosecute this case. See Local Rule 5.5(c)(2); Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b).

4. CONCLUSION

For the foregoing reasons, I recommend Plaintiff's Complaint (ECF No. 1) be DISMISSED without prejudice on the grounds that Plaintiff has failed to comply with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Local Rules and failed to prosecute this matter.

The parties have fourteen days from receipt of the Report and Recommendation in which to file written objections pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). The failure to file timely objections may result in waiver of the right to appeal questions of fact. The parties are reminded that objections must be both timely and specific to trigger de novo review by the district court.