BLACKWELL v. COHEN et al

Filing 65

MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Judge Noel L. Hillman on 5/8/2020. (tf, n.m.)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY
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INSPIRATION BLACKWELL,
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No. 16-cv-5342 (NLH)(AMD)
Plaintiff,
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v.
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MEMORANDUM OPINION
:
WARDEN GERALDINE COHEN,
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et al.,
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Defendants.
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______________________________:
IT APPEARING THAT:
1.

Plaintiff Inspiration Blackwell filed a civil rights

action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983.
2.

ECF No. 1.

On May 6, 2020, the Court’s April 14, 2020 Paladino

Order issued in connection with Defendants’ pending motions for
summary judgment that that been mailed to Plaintiff’s address of
record at Southern State Correctional Facility in Delmont, New
Jersey was returned as undeliverable.
3.

ECF No. 64.

The Notice mailed to Plaintiff’s address of record has

been returned to sender with the envelope marked “Return to
Sender, Refused, Unable To Forward.”

Id.

A stamp on the

envelope marked “Not at SSCF” as the reason for the refusal.
Id.
4.

According to the New Jersey Department of Corrections’

Inmate Locator, Plaintiff was released from custody on April 1,
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2020.

Offender Search Form, available at

https://www20.state.nj.us/DOC_Inmate/inmatesearch.jsp (last
visited May 7, 2020).
5.

Plaintiff has not communicated with the Court regarding

his new address, in violation of Local Civil Rule 10.1.

See L.

Civ. R. 10.1(a) (“Counsel and/or unrepresented parties must
advise the Court of any change in their or their client’s
address within seven days of being apprised of such change by
filing a notice of said change with the Clerk.”).
6.

Based on Plaintiff’s failure to comply with Local Civil

Rule 10.1, the Clerk of the Court will be ordered to
administratively terminate this case and all pending motions.
7.

Plaintiff may request to reopen this matter by

submitting his new contact information to the Court.
8.

An appropriate order follows.

Dated: May 8, 2020
At Camden, New Jersey

s/ Noel L. Hillman
NOEL L. HILLMAN, U.S.D.J.

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