ROUDABUSH v. BITENER et al

Filing 161

OPINION. Signed by Judge Renee Marie Bumb on 2/8/2019. (dmr)(n.m.)

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY
CAMDEN VICINAGE
JAMES L. ROUDABUSH Jr.,

Civil

No. 15-3185 (RMB)

Plaintiff
v.

OPINION

Lt. BITENER, et al.,
Defendants

BUMB, District Judge
Plaintiff,

whose

last

known

address

was

the

Federal

Correctional Institution in Edgefield, South Carolina, filed this
civil rights action in April 2015. (Compl., ECF No. 1.) On February
7, 2019, a copy of this Court’s January 17, 2019 Order, mailed to
Plaintiff at his last known address, was returned to the Court as
undeliverable. According to the Bureau of Prisons’ Inmate Locator,
Plaintiff was released on December 21, 2018.1 Plaintiff did not
advise the Court of his new address.
I.

DISCUSSION
Local Civil Rule 10.1(a) provides, in relevant part:
unrepresented parties must advise the Court of
any change in their . . . address within seven
days of being apprised of such change by
filing a notice of said change with the Clerk.
Failure to file a notice of change may result
in the imposition of sanctions by the Court.

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Available at www.BOP.gov.

Dismissing a Plaintiff’s complaint without prejudice is an
appropriate remedy for noncompliance with this rule. See Archie v.
Dept. of Corr., Civ. No. 12-2466 (RBK/JS), 2015 WL 333299, at *1
(D.N.J. Jan. 23, 2015) (collecting cases).
II.

CONCLUSION
The Court will dismiss this case without prejudice pursuant

to Local Rule 10.1

An appropriate order follows.

Dated: February 8, 2019

s/Renée Marie Bumb
RENÉE MARIE BUMB
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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