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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State)

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GERROD L. HERNDON,

Petitioner,

v.

STAFF PSYCHOLOGIST,

Respondent.

Case No. 16-cv-05034-YGR (PR) 

ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITHOUT 

PREJUDICE

The instant case was commenced when Petitioner Gerrod L. Herndon, who at that time had 

been in custody at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility (“RJDCF”), filed a document 

captioned “Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus.” Dkt. 1. Petitioner also filed a motion for leave 

to proceed in forma pauperis. Dkt. 3. On October 18, 2016, mail directed to Petitioner at RJDCF 

by the Clerk of the Court was returned as undeliverable with a notation that he had been “paroled.” 

To date, Petitioner has not updated his address with the Court or submitted any further pleadings 

in this case.

Pursuant to Northern District Local Rule 3-11 a party proceeding pro se whose address 

changes while an action is pending must promptly file a notice of change of address specifying the 

new address. See L.R. 3-11(a). The Court may dismiss without prejudice 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 address. See L.R. 3-11(b). 

More than sixty days have passed since the mail directed to Petitioner was returned as 

undeliverable. The Court has not received a notice from Petitioner of a new address. 

Accordingly, the petition is DISMISSED without prejudice pursuant to Rule 3-11 of the Northern 

District Local Rules. The Clerk shall enter judgment, terminate all pending motions, and close the 

file.

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

This Order terminates Docket No. 3.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: ______________________________________

YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS

United States District Court Judge

January 9, 2017

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