MUHAMMAD v. MACK et al

Filing 38

MEMORANDUM, OPINION. Signed by Judge Noel L. Hillman on 12/17/2019. (rss, n.m.)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY
______________________________
:
YUSUF ABDULLAH MUHAMMAD,
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No. 18-cv-3472 (NLH)(AMD)
Plaintiff,
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:
v.
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MEMORANDUM OPINION
:
G. MACK, et al.,
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Defendants.
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______________________________:
IT APPEARING THAT:
1.

Plaintiff Yusuf Abdullah Muhammad filed a civil rights

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

ECF No. 1.

On December 16, 2019, the notice of electronic filing

that had been mailed to Plaintiff’s address of record at Bayside
State Prison in Leesburg, New Jersey was returned as
undeliverable.
3.

ECF No. 37.

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.”
4.

Id.

The stamp on the envelope indicated the mail was

refused because Plaintiff was “no longer in custody.”
5.

Id.

According to the New Jersey Department of Corrections’

Inmate Locator, Plaintiff was released from custody on April 26,
2019.

Offender Search Form, available at
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https://www20.state.nj.us/DOC_Inmate/inmatesearch.jsp (last
visited Dec. 16, 2019).
6.

See also ECF No. 36-1.

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.”).
7.

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, with the right to reopen
this matter upon Plaintiff updating his contact information to
satisfy the appropriate Rules.
8.

An appropriate order follows.

Dated: December 17, 2019
At Camden, New Jersey

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

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