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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 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DeERICK ERONN GIVENS, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

W. L. MUNIZ, Warden, 

Respondent. 

No. 2:16-cv-00249 TLN AC P 

ORDER 

 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a habeas corpus petition filed pursuant 

to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. By order filed June 8, 2016, this court directed petitioner to file and serve 

an opposition or statement of non-opposition to respondent’s pending motion to dismiss. See 

ECF No. 19. The court’s order was served on petitioner at his address of record, Salinas Valley 

State Prison (SVSP). On June 27, 2016, that order was returned to the court on the ground that 

petitioner is no longer incarcerated at SVSP. 

Review of the Inmate Locator website operated by the California Department of 

Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR)1

 indicates that petitioner is now incarcerated at California 

 

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 See http://inmatelocator.cdcr.ca.gov/ (Inmate Locator website operated by CDCR). This Court 

may take judicial notice of facts that are capable of accurate determination by sources whose 

accuracy cannot reasonably be questioned. Fed. R. Evid. 201; see also City of Sausalito v. 

O'Neill, 386 F.3d 1186, 1224 n.2 (9th Cir. 2004) (“We may take judicial notice of a record of a 

state agency not subject to reasonable dispute.”). 

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State Prison Sacramento (CSP-SAC). Petitioner has an ongoing obligation to notify the court and 

respondent of any change in address, as required by Local Rule 183(b). Nevertheless, CDCR’s 

failure to forward the court’s order to petitioner at CSP-SAC remains puzzling. 

 The court notes that respondent’s motion to dismiss was also served on petitioner at 

SVSP, on April 19, 2016. See ECF No. 17-1 at 1. Because it is unclear when petitioner was 

transferred, respondent will be directed to re-serve his motion and exhibits on petitioner at CSPSAC. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. Respondent shall, within seven (7) days after the filing date of this order, re-serve on 

petitioner, at CSP-SAC, a copy of his motion to dismiss and supporting exhibits. 

2. Petitioner shall, within thirty (30) days after service of this order, file and serve an 

opposition or statement of non-opposition to respondent’s motion to dismiss. 

3. Within fourteen (14) days after service of petitioner’s response, respondent may serve 

and file a reply. 

4. Petitioner is informed that failure to timely comply with this order and/or failure to 

promptly notify the court and respondent of any further change in address, as required by Local 

Rule 183(b), will the result in a recommendation that this action be dismissed without prejudice 

for failure to prosecute, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b). 

5. The Clerk of Court is directed to indicate on the court’s docket that petitioner’s current 

address of record is California State Prison Sacramento, and to serve this order on petitioner at 

that address. 

 SO ORDERED. 

DATED: June 28, 2016 

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