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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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1 Because Plaintiff was released from custody, Plaintiff is

obligated to pay the filing fee for his section 1983 action within one

month of being released from custody. 

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

FERNANDO MONTES, )

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Plaintiff, )

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v. ) CIV 05-03885 PHX DGC (MEA)

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JOSEPH M. ARPAIO, ) ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITHOUT

) PREJUDICE

Defendant. ) 

____________________________ )

Plaintiff, while an inmate at the Maricopa County Lower

Buckeye Jail in Phoenix, Arizona, filed a pro se complaint

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on December 2, 2005. On April 20,

2006, the Court issued an order directing monthly payments be

made from Plaintiff’s inmate account and sent a copy of the

payment order to Plaintiff. The Court’s order also required

Plaintiff to complete and return a service packet for Defendant

to the Court by May 10, 2006. 

Plaintiff was apparently released from the custody of the

Maricopa County Sheriff’s Department prior to April 26, 2006.1

See Docket No. 5. Plaintiff has not provided the Court with his

current address.

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Rule 3.4, Local Rules of Civil Procedure for the United

States District Court for the District of Arizona requires

prisoner-litigants to comply with instructions attached to the

Court-approved complaint form for use in section 1983 actions.

Those instructions provide: “You must immediately notify the

clerk ... in writing of any change in your mailing address.

Failure to notify the court of any change in your mailing

address may result in the dismissal of your case.” 

Plaintiff was warned that failure to file a notice of change

of address or to otherwise comply with the Court’s orders could

result in the dismissal of his suit. Plaintiff has not filed a

notice of change of address and mail sent to his last known

address was returned. An order to show cause why this action

should not be dismissed for failure to serve the defendant or

for failure to prosecute would be futile. See Carey v. King,

856 F.2d 1439, 1441 (9th Cir. 1988) (stating that “[a]n order to

show cause why dismissal is not warranted ... would only find

itself taking a round trip tour through the United States

mail.”). 

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THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff’s complaint be

dismissed without prejudice for Plaintiff’s failure to comply

with Rule 3.4, Local Rules of Civil Procedure for the United

States District Court for the District of Arizona and Rule

41(b), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

DATED this 15th day of May, 2006.

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