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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WILLIAM & ERICKA ALFORD,

Plaintiff,

v.

UNKNOWN SECURITY 

GUARDS; et al.,

Defendants. /

No. C 05-3722 SI (pr)

ORDER OF DISMISSAL 

Plaintiff William Alford filed this action while he was in custody at Napa State Hospital.

On March 9, 2006, the court issued an order that required the second named plaintiff, Ericka

Alford, to (a) sign the complaint or be dismissed from the action and (b) to file an in forma

pauperis application or pay a filing fee or be dismissed from the action. The order also permitted

the filing of an amended complaint no later than April 7, 2006. The order was sent to William

Alford at Napa State Hospital, the only address provided to the court. The order was returned

undelivered on March 29, 2006. The court has not received notice of a change of address at

which the plaintiffs may receive mail.

Plaintiff has failed to comply with Local Rule 3-11(a) which requires that a party

proceeding pro se must "promptly file with the Court and serve upon all opposing parties a

Notice of Change of Address specifying the new address" when his address changes. Local Rule

3-11(b) allows the court to dismiss a complaint without prejudice when mail directed to a pro

se party is returned as not deliverable and the pro se party fails to send a current address within

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United States District Court

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sixty days of the return of the undelivered mail. More than sixty days have passed since the

envelope containing the March 9, 2006 order was returned to the court undelivered. 

For the foregoing reasons, this action is dismissed without prejudice for plaintiffs' failure

to keep the court informed of their address and comply with Local Rule 3-11(a).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 1, 2006 _______________________

 SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

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