Venable v. Patel

Filing 10

ORDER Re Plaintiff's Request for Status 9 , signed by Magistrate Judge Gary S. Austin on 4/19/2018: Motion RESOLVED. (Hellings, J)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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ELVIS VENABLE,

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Plaintiff,
vs.

1:17-cv-01519-GSA-PC
ORDER RE PLAINTIFF’S REQUEST
FOR STATUS
(ECF No. 9.)

DR. PATEL,

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Defendant.

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Elvis Venable (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis

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with this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On November 14, 2017, Plaintiff

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filed the Complaint commencing this action. (ECF No. 1.) The Complaint awaits the court’s

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requisite screening under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. On April 16, 2018, Plaintiff filed a request for

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the status of this case. (ECF No. 9.)

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Due to the large number of cases pending before this court, the Clerk does not

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ordinarily provide written responses to requests for status of cases. Plaintiff is advised that he

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shall receive notice in this action as a matter of course.1 All documents filed in this action shall

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Plaintiff is required to keep the court informed of his current mailing address. Local Rule 182(f)
provides: “Each appearing attorney and pro se party is under a continuing duty to notify the Clerk and all other
parties of any change of address or telephone number of the attorney or the pro se party. Absent such notice,
service of documents at the prior address of the attorney or pro se party shall be fully effective. Separate notice
shall be filed and served on all parties in each action in which an appearance has been made.”
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be served upon all parties who have appeared in this action, including Plaintiff. Plaintiff can be

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assured that he will receive notice, at his address of record, of rulings made in this case and

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deadlines established in this case, provided he keeps the court informed of his current address.2

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this order resolves Plaintiff’s request for
status filed on April 16, 2018.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

April 19, 2018

/s/ Gary S. Austin
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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If Plaintiff requires a copy of the court’s docket sheet for this case, he should submit a request
in writing to the Clerk, together with a money order for payment of copies (at fifty cents per page), and selfaddressed envelope large enough to contain the copies, with sufficient postage affixed. See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a).
Plaintiff’s docket sheet is currently two pages long. The fact that the court has granted leave for Plaintiff to
proceed in forma pauperis does not entitle him to free copies of documents from the court.
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