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

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SEAN RAPHAEL ROBERTS,

Plaintiff,

v.

C. CURTIS, et al.,

Defendants.

_____________________________________/

Case No. 1:13-cv-00970-SKO (PC)

ORDER TAKING JUDICIAL NOTICE OF 

ADDRESS CHANGE, DIRECTING 

CLERK’S OFFICE TO CHANGE 

PLAINTIFF’S ADDRESS OF RECORD, 

AND DISMISSING ACTION AS MOOT

(Doc. 16)

Plaintiff Sean Raphael Roberts (“Plaintiff”), then a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed 

suit in Tuolumne County Superior Court on May 8, 2013. On June 21, 2013, Defendant Allen 

removed the action to this court. 28 U.S.C. § 1441(b). Plaintiff’s complaint was dismissed, with 

leave to amend, for failure to state a claim under federal law on April 18, 2014. 28 U.S.C. § 

1915A. Plaintiff filed an amended complaint and on May 21, 2014, the Court dismissed 

Plaintiff’s claim against Defendant Allen, with prejudice, for failure to state a claim under federal 

law, and remanded the case to Tuolumne County Superior Court. Plaintiff appealed and on 

September 8, 2015, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed and 

remanded as to Plaintiff’s claim brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc-1, the Religious Land 

Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (“RLUIPA”).1 Mandate issued on October 19, 

2015.

 

1 The appellate court did not reach Plaintiff’s First and Eighth Amendment claims because they were not raised on 

appeal. (Doc. 16.)

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During the pendency of Plaintiff’s appeal, he was released from the Sierra Conservation 

Center, and he filed two address change notices with the appellate court. The Court takes judicial 

notice of the fact that pursuant to the second notice, Plaintiff’s address of record with the appellate 

court is 515 Crocker St., Los Angeles, CA, 90013, and the Clerk’s Office shall update Plaintiff’s 

address of record in this case. Fed. R. Evid. 201(b); United States v. Howard, 381 F.3d 873, 876 

n.1 (9th Cir. 2004).

RLUIPA does not authorize individual capacity suits for damages against state officials,

and Plaintiff’s release from prison renders his RLUIPA claim for injunctive relief moot. Jones v. 

Williams, 791 F.3d 1023, 1031 (9th Cir. 2015) (citing Sossamon v. Texas, 563 U.S. 277, ___, 131 

S.Ct. 1651, 1660 (2011) and Wood v. Yordy, 753 F.3d 899, 903-03 (9th Cir. 2014)); accord 

Alvarez v. Hill, 667 F.3d 1061, 1063-64 (9th Cir. 2012). Accordingly, this action, which is 

confined to Plaintiff’s RLUIPA claim, is moot and shall be dismissed on that ground. Jones, 791 

F.3d at 1031; Alvarez, 667 F.3d at 1063-64.

Based on the foregoing, the Court HEREBY ORDERS as follows:

1. Judicial notice is taken of Plaintiff’s address of record with the appellate court and 

the Clerk’s Office shall change Plaintiff’s address to:

Sean Raphael Roberts

515 Crocker St.

Los Angeles, CA 90013

(213) 256-8283; and

2. This action is DISMISSED as moot.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 21, 2015 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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