MARTIN v. SMITH et al

Filing 8

MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Judge Noel L. Hillman on 10/14/2020. (dmr)(n.m.)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY
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KAMAL K. MARTIN,
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No. 20-cv-8607 (NLH) (KMW)
Plaintiff,
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v.
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MEMORANDUM OPINION
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RICHARD SMITH, et al.,
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Defendants.
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______________________________:
IT APPEARING THAT:
1.

Plaintiff Kamal K. Martin submitted a complaint under

42 U.S.C. § 1983.
2.

ECF No. 1.

The Court permitted the complaint to proceed on August

13, 2020, ECF No. 2.
3.

On October 9, 2020, mail addressed to Plaintiff at the

Cumberland County Jail was returned as undeliverable.

ECF No.

7.
4.

The notice mailed to Plaintiff’s address of record was

returned with the envelope marked “Return to Sender, Unable To
Forward.”
5.

Id.

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
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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 the complaint.
7.

Plaintiff may reopen the matter by submitting his new

contact information to the Court.
8.

An appropriate order follows.

Dated: October 14, 2020
At Camden, New Jersey

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

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