Ortega et al v. Flavetta et al

Filing 21

ORDER FOR PLAINTIFF TO FILE NOTICE OF CHANGE OF ADDRESS. Signed by Magistrate Judge Kandis A. Westmore on 2/25/14. (Attachments: # 1 Certificate/Proof of Service)(sisS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 2/25/2014)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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CARLOS ARMANDO ORTEGA,
Plaintiff,

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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v.

Case No. C 12-3426 KAW (PR)
ORDER FOR PLAINTIFF TO FILE
NOTICE OF CHANGE OF ADDRESS

SERGEANT FLAVETTA, et al.,
Defendants.

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Plaintiff Carlos Armando Ortega, formerly a state prisoner, filed a civil rights action

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under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaining of his treatment by officers at the Santa Clara County

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Jail (SCCJ). On February 11, 2014, Plaintiff filed a notice of change of address indicating

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that he is now housed at Napa State Hospital. However, in another case filed by Plaintiff,

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Ortega v. Mattocks, case no. C 13-6016 JSC (PR), the Court’s mail to him at his Napa

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State Hospital address was returned because Plaintiff was no longer in custody. See Doc.

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no. 10 in case no. C 13-6016 JSC (PR).

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Civil Local Rule 3-11(a) provides that a party proceeding pro se “whose address

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changes while an action is pending must promptly file with the Court . . . a Notice of

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Change of Address specifying the new address.” The rule further provides that the Court

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may dismiss without prejudice a complaint when “mail directed at a party by the Court has

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been returned to the Court as not deliverable and the Court fails to receive within 60 days

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of this return a written communication from the pro se party indicating a current address.”

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Therefore, the Court orders Plaintiff to file a notice of change of address specifying

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his current address. Plaintiff must file this notice within sixty days from the date of this

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Order, or his case will be dismissed without prejudice under Civil Local Rule 3-11.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: 2/25/14
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KANDIS A. WESTMORE
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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