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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL ANTHONY FARRIS,

Plaintiff,

v.

J. VALDEZ, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 18-cv-05616-JST 

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

Plaintiff, an inmate at California Institute for Men (“CIM”), filed this pro se action 

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that while he was previously incarcerated at Correctional 

Training Facility (“CTF”), CTF officers Valdez, Cuevas, Chavez, and Hernandez subjected him to 

strip searches in violation of the Fourth Amendment. ECF Nos. 9, 12. On March 18, 2020, the 

Court denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment for failure to exhaust administrative 

remedies and ordered plaintiff to show cause why this action should not be dismissed as moot. 

ECF No. 25. On April 26, 2020, the Court’s March 18, 2020 order was returned to the Court with 

the notation “inactive.” ECF No. 27. Court orders previously served on plaintiff in August and 

October 2019 were also returned as undeliverable. ECF Nos. 22 and 24. Plaintiff has not 

communicated with the Court since December 2018. ECF No. 10 The Court is unable to locate 

plaintiff in the CDCR Inmate Locator. 

Pursuant to Northern District Local Rule 3-11, a party proceeding pro se must promptly 

file a notice of change of address while an action is pending. See N.D. Cal. L.R. 3-11(a). The 

Court may, without prejudice, dismiss a complaint when: (1) mail directed to the pro se party by 

the Court has been returned to the court as not deliverable, and (2) the Court fails to receive within 

sixty days of this return a written communication from the pro se party indicating a current 

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address. See L.R. 3-11(b). More than sixty days have passed since the mail addressed to plaintiff 

was returned as undeliverable. The Court has not received a notice from plaintiff of a new 

address. Accordingly, the instant civil rights action is DISMISSED without prejudice pursuant to 

N.D. Cal. L. R. 3-11. 

The Clerk shall terminate any pending motions, enter judgment, and close the file.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 4, 2020

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JON S. TIGAR

United States District Judge

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