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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 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

LOUIS JENKINS, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

JEFFREY BEARD, 

Defendant. 

No. 2:14-cv-2447 AC P 

ORDER and 

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 

 Plaintiff is a state prisoner at California Medical Facility (CMF),1 proceeding pro se in this 

putative civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action is referred to the 

undersigned United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B), Local Rule 

302(c), and Local General Order No. 262. 

 By order filed May 6, 2014, the court found plaintiff’s complaint frivolous but 

nevertheless granted plaintiff leave to file an amended complaint together with a fully completed 

in forma pauperis application. See ECF No. 8. Attempted service of the court’s order at 

plaintiff’s address of record (Sierra Conservation Center) failed. On June 2, 2015, the court 

issued another order, according plaintiff additional time (21 days) to file an amended complaint 

 

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 The Clerk of Court is directed to construe the notation on plaintiff’s in forma pauperis 

application filed June 3, 2015, ECF No. 10, as his notice of change of address. See also ECF No. 

9 (court’s order filed June 2, 2015, addressing plaintiff’s place of incarceration). 

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and in forma pauperis application, and directed the Clerk of Court to serve the order on plaintiff 

at CMF, identified as his place of incarceration by the Inmate Locator website operated by the 

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. See ECF No. 9. The court’s order 

included the following warning, id. at 2: 

Plaintiff’s failure to timely file a new application to proceed in 

forma pauperis and/or an amended complaint that states a 

cognizable civil rights claim and/or a Notice of Change of Address 

(if applicable), will result in a recommendation that this action be 

dismissed without prejudice. 

Plaintiff subsequently filed a fully completed in forma pauperis application, ECF No. 10, which 

was dated prior to the court’s June 2, 2015 order. Plaintiff has not, however, filed an amended 

complaint within the extended deadline. Therefore, the undersigned will recommend dismissal 

of this action. 

 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Clerk of Court is directed to: 

 1. Indicate on the docket that plaintiff’s address of record is the California Medical 

Facility; and 

 2. Randomly assign a district judge to this action. 

 Further, IT IS HEREBY RECOMMENDED that this action be dismissed without 

prejudice. 

 These findings and recommendations are submitted to the United States District Judge 

assigned to this case, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(l). Within twenty-one days 

after being served with these findings and recommendations, plaintiff may file written objections 

with the court. Such document should be captioned “Objections to Magistrate Judge’s Findings 

and Recommendations.” Plaintiff is advised that failure to file objections within the specified 

time may waive the right to appeal the District Court’s order. Martinez v. Ylst, 951 F.2d 1153 

(9th Cir. 1991). 

DATED: July 12, 2015 

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