Tang v. Missouri City Police Department et al

Filing 9

ORDER mooting 7 Motion to Address the Court Regarding Certified Mail Matter. (Signed by Judge Sim Lake) Parties notified.(gclair, 4)

United States District Court
Southern District of Texas

ENTERED
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXA S
HOUSTON DIVISION

November 09, 2016
David J. Bradley, Clerk

TOAN T . TANG ,

Inmate #P00189427,
Plaintiff,
CIV IL ACTION NO . H-16-2956

V.

MISSOURI CITY POLICE
DEPARTMENT, et a1 .,

Defendants.

The plaintiff, Toan T . Tang, has filed a complaint under 42

U.S.
C.

1983

(
ucomplaint' Docket
'll

Entry

No.

alleging

violations of his civil rights in connection w ith state court
criminal proceedings that have been lodged against him in Fort Bend
County . Pending before the court is Tang's MMotion to Address the

Court Regarding Certified Mail Matter' (
' Docket Entry
that Motion, Tang advises that he received a MNotice

Case

Filing' (
' Docket Entry No. 3) from the Clerk's Office by certified
mail with a return address for the federal courthouse located in

Brownsville . Tang is concerned that the Clerk's Office has used an
incorrect return address.

The Clerk's Office has clarified that notices and orders in
Houston cases are som etimes issued from the Brownsville courthouse
in an effort to distribute work throughout the Southern District of
Texas, which has a heavy caseload .

The record contains certified

return receipts from Tang, confirm ing that he has received al1 of

the court's orders and notices by certified mail in this case .

(
Docket Entry Nos. 4,

Tang does not allege and the record does

not show that any harm has occurred by having certified mail

receipts returned to the courthouse in Brownsville, rather than in
Houston .

Tang does not otherwise seek any relief in his pending

Motion .

Because the court has taken notice of Tang's concerns and
determined that no relief is required,

ORDERED that

Motion to Address the Court Regarding Certified Mail Mattert
Docket

Entry No. 7) is now MOOT .
The Clerk shall provide a copy of this Order to the p laintiff.

SI
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SIM LAKE
UN ITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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