MILES v. POWELL et al

Filing 25

MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Judge Noel L. Hillman on 3/23/2020. (dmr)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY
______________________________
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ALIM T. MILES,
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No. 18-cv-10397 (NLH)(KMW)
Plaintiff,
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v.
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MEMORANDUM OPINION
:
JOHN POWELL, et al.,
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Defendants.
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______________________________:
IT APPEARING THAT:
1.

Plaintiff Alim T. Miles filed a civil rights action

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

ECF No. 1.

On February 18, 2020, the notice of electronic filing

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

ECF No. 23.

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.

According to the New Jersey Department of Corrections’

Inmate Locator, Plaintiff was released from custody on October
11, 2019.

Offender Search Form, available at

https://www20.state.nj.us/DOC_Inmate/inmatesearch.jsp (last
visited March 23, 2020).
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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.

Plaintiff submitted a change of address form in his

other civil action, Miles v. Sergeant Morris, et al., No. 172800 (D.N.J. Jan. 21, 2020) (ECF No. 47), indicating he now
resides in Beverly, New Jersey.

Plaintiff may not have been

aware he needed to submit the change of address notification for
each civil action, especially considering he was represented by
counsel in this matter until August 2019.
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.

This order shall be sent

to the address associated with Plaintiff, and he may reopen this
matter by confirming his contact information with the Court.
7.

An appropriate order follows.

Dated:
March 23, 2020
At Camden, New Jersey

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

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