REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
KAYMANI D. WEST, Magistrate Judge.
Plaintiffs, husband and wife appearing pro se, filed this action in the Dillon County Court of Common Pleas in February 2014. Plaintiffs' lengthy Complaint alleges many violations of federal and state constitutional rights, numerous claims brought pursuant to the South Carolina Tort Claims Act, as well as other state-law-based personal injury claims, and state-law fraud/breach of fiduciary duty claims arising from the involuntary removal of Plaintiff Beatrice E. Weaver from Plaintiffs' residence and her placement in a nursing home in February 2012. See ECF No. 1. Several Defendants removed the matter to this court on July 2, 2014. See ECF No. 1.
Various defendants or groups of defendants filed motions to dismiss pursuant to Rules 8 and 12 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, seeking dismissal of the Complaint. Several such motions were filed on July 3, 2014, the day after the case was removed. See ECF Nos. 4, 5, 6, 11. As Plaintiffs are proceeding pro se, on July 17, 2014, the court entered an order pursuant to Roseboro v. Garrison, 528 F.2d 309 (4th Cir. 1975), advising Plaintiffs of the importance of motions to dismiss and of the need for Plaintiffs to file adequate responses to those motions. ECF No. 20. Plaintiffs were informed that their responses to the motions found at ECF Nos. 4, 5, 6, and 11 were due no later than August 21, 2014. ECF No. 20. Plaintiffs were specifically advised that if they failed to respond adequately, Defendants' motions may be granted and their case could be ended.
Before that August 21, 2014 deadline expired, two more motions to dismiss were filed. ECF Nos. 24 (filed July 19, 2014) and 33 (filed July 23, 2014). Roseboro orders were issued for those motions, as well. ECF Nos. 28 (advising Plaintiffs they had to respond to ECF No. 24 no later than August 25, 2014) and 41 (advising Plaintiffs they had to respond to ECF No. 33 no later than September 5, 2014). Again, Plaintiffs were specifically advised that if they failed to respond adequately, Defendants' motions may be granted and their case could be ended.
In a motion the court received on August 8, 2014, Plaintiffs sought extensions of the deadlines within which to respond to the various pending motions to dismiss. ECF No. 45. In the Motion, Plaintiffs acknowledged receipt of the court's Roseboro1 orders requiring responses to these motions to dismiss by August 21, 2014, August 25, 2014, and September 5, 2014. ECF No. 45. Plaintiffs sought to have each deadline extended by 35 days each. Id. at 3. Given the number of pending dispositive motions, rather than extend the individual deadlines by the requested 35 days, the court granted Plaintiffs' motion in a docket text order on August 12, 2014, and gave Plaintiffs until October 10, 2014 to respond to all then-pending motions (ECF Nos. 4, 5, 6, 11, 24, and 33). ECF No. 47.
In response to Plaintiffs' letter dated September 4, 2014, ECF No. 60, advising they had not received any filings with the docket numbers ECF No. 41-51, the court provided them with a copy of the court's docket sheet that included all entries as of the September 9, 2014 date of mailing. See ECF No. 63. The docket sheet provided included the docket text order advising Plaintiffs their responses to the pending motions were due by October 10, 2014. See ECF No. 63. That information was mailed to Plaintiffs by both regular and certified mail. The mail was not returned as undeliverable, and the certified mail packets were received by Plaintiffs. See ECF Nos. 65, 67, 68, 71.
On October 8, 2014, another motion to dismiss was filed. ECF No. 72. Again Plaintiffs were provided with a Roseboro order, advising them of the importance of responding to that motion and noting their response was due by November 13, 2014. ECF No. 75. Plaintiffs provided no response to that motion, nor did they contact the court regarding that motion or deadline.
On November 20, 2014, the court again advised Plaintiffs of the importance of responding to these various pending dispositive motions and that, if they did not respond, it would be recommended that their case be dismissed for failure to prosecute. ECF No. 79 (requiring responses no later than December 4, 2014). Out of an abundance of caution, the court instructed the Clerk of Court to send the November 20, 2014 Order to Plaintiffs by both regular and certified mail. The certified mail receipts were signed, indicating both Plaintiffs received the November 20, 2014 Order. See ECF Nos. 82, 83. Nonetheless, despite having been advised of the importance of responding to each of these motions (ECF Nos. 4, 5, 6, 11, 24, 33, and 72), Plaintiffs have submitted no responses by any of the court-ordered deadlines.
Plaintiffs did not comply with the November 20, 2014 Order, nor did they timely file anything with the court regarding the motions to dismiss by the December 4, 2014 deadline. On December 9, 2014, however, the court received a motion from Plaintiffs in which they sought another 60 days to respond to the pending motions to dismiss. ECF No. 86. After review of their lengthy memorandum and affidavit accompanying that motion, see ECF Nos. 86-2 through 86-4, the court granted Plaintiffs' motion in part, giving them until December 19, 2014, to respond to the pending motions. See ECF No. 91 (noting Plaintiffs had already had more than 90 days to respond to many of the pending motions, as opposed to the 34 days the court typically gives pro se litigants to respond to such motions). In giving Plaintiffs until December 19, 2014 to file responses to the pending motions, the undersigned clearly noted that no further extensions would be given and that, should Plaintiffs fail to provide responses by December 19, 2014, the undersigned would recommend that this action be dismissed without prejudice for failure to prosecute. See ECF No. 91 at 6. Nonetheless, despite having been advised of the importance of responding to each of the pending motions to dismiss (ECF Nos. 4, 5, 6, 11, 24, 33, and 72), Plaintiffs have submitted no responses by any of the court-ordered deadlines. Based on the foregoing, the undersigned recommends that this action be dismissed without prejudice for failure to prosecute. See Davis v. Williams, 588 F.2d 69, 70 (4th Cir. 1978); Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b).
The Clerk of Court is instructed to send this Report and Recommendation to Plaintiffs at their last-known address by way of both regular and certified U.S. Mail.
IT IS SO RECOMMENDED.
