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Nature of Suit Code: 540
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Mandamus and Other
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

NICHOLAS KENNETH TRAMMELL,

Plaintiff,

v.

CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO,

Defendant.

Case No. 20-cv-00474-YGR (PR)

ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITHOUT 

PREJUDICE

On January 22, 2020, this action was opened when Plaintiff, who is currently incarcerated 

at North Kern State Prison, filed a handwritten letter addressed to “All Clerks of Court, and to All 

Judges, and to All Judges[’] Chambers,” and while it is difficult to decipher he seems to request a 

“court date” or a “hearing” in order to “resolve all [his] cases due to[] delay in bringing before [a] 

magistrate . . . .” Dkt. 1. The Clerk of the Court opened this action as a petition for a writ of 

mandamus and classified it as a prisoner case involving a “Mandamus & Other” (nature of suit 

540). On that same date, the Clerk sent a notice to Plaintiff, informing him that his action could 

not go forward until he paid the filing fee or filed a completed prisoner’s in forma pauperis

application. The Clerk sent Plaintiff a blank in forma pauperis application and told him that he 

must pay the fee or return the completed application within twenty-eight days or his action would 

be dismissed. More than twenty-eight days have passed, and Plaintiff has neither paid the filing 

fee nor returned the in forma pauperis application. Instead, he has filed three other documents, 

which are difficult to decipher, but they seem to include requests for appointment of counsel and 

other premature requests such as those for deposition and preparation of transcripts. See Dkts. 4-6.

Accordingly, this action is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. The Clerk shall 

terminate all pending motions as moot and close the file.

This Order terminates Docket Nos. 4, 5, and 6.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: ______________________________________

YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS

United States District Judge

April 1, 2020

Case 4:20-cv-00474-YGR Document 9 Filed 04/01/20 Page 1 of 1