Ballard et al v. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department et al

Filing 50

ORDER that Plaintiffs are to file a notice with the Court, no later than 10/17/2014, indicating the address at which they will be receiving case-related material. In light of the confusion as to Plaintiffs' mailing address, the Clerk's Office is INSTRUCTED to mail notice of this order to both the address provided at Docket 31 and theaddress provided at Docket No. 28 . Signed by Magistrate Judge Nancy J. Koppe on 10/3/2014. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - mailed as ordered - EDS)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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DISTRICT OF NEVADA
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FREDRICA C. BALLARD, et al.,

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Plaintiff(s),

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vs.
LAS VEGAS METROPOLITAN POLICE
DEPARTMENT, et al.,

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Defendant(s).
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Case No. 2:13-cv-00130-APG-NJK
ORDER

“A party, not the district court, bears the burden of keeping the court apprised of any changes

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in [her] mailing address.” Carey v. King, 856 F.2d 1439, 1441 (9th Cir. 1988); see also In re

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Hammer, 940 F.2d 524, 526 (9th Cir. 1991). Additionally, Local Special Rule 2-2 requires that

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plaintiffs immediately file with the Court written notification of any change of address, and expressly

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warns that failure to do so may result in dismissal of the action with prejudice. Local Special Rule

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2-2 applies to pro se plaintiffs, such as plaintiffs here. See, e.g., Hoilien v. Bank of America, 2011

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WL 933775, *1 (D. Nev. Mar. 16, 2011) (citing ACV Int’l, LLC v. White, 2008 WL 5273694, *2 (D.

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Nev. Dec. 16, 2008)).

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The Court has now received notices that mail was undeliverable and that no new address is

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available. See Docket No. 46; see also Docket Nos. 32-33, 36-38. It also appears, however, that

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Plaintiffs’ amended complaint provided a new address in the caption. See Docket No. 31. To

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comply with the requirement to update an address, parties should file a “notice of changed address”

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to make clear to the Court that they are changing their address. The Court is unclear from the filings

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whether Plaintiffs have actually changed their mailing address at this time.

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Accordingly, Plaintiffs are hereby ORDERED to file a notice with the Court, no later than
October 17, 2014, indicating the address at which they will be receiving case-related mailings. The

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failure to comply with this order will result in an order to show cause why sanctions should not be

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imposed, up to and including case-dispositive sanctions.

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In light of the confusion as to Plaintiffs’ mailing address, the Clerk’s Office is

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INSTRUCTED to mail notice of this order to both the address provided at Docket No. 31 and the

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address provided at Docket No. 28.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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DATED: October 3, 2014

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NANCY J. KOPPE
United States Magistrate Judge

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