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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL KLEIN,

Plaintiff,

v.

B. MONTOYA, et al.,

Defendants.

_____________________________________/

Case No. 1:13-cv-01677-LJO-SKO (PC)

ORDER (1) DIRECTING CLERK’S OFFICE 

TO CHANGE PLAINTIFF’S ZIP CODE TO 

93705 AND SEND HIM A DOCKET COPY, 

(2) REQUIRING PLAINTIFF TO FILE 

NOTICE IF THERE ARE FILINGS HE DID 

NOT RECEIVE, AND (3) DENYING 

DEFENDANTS’ MOTION AS MOOT

(Doc. 36)

TWENTY-DAY DEADLINE

Plaintiff Michael Klein (“Plaintiff”), a former state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma 

pauperis, filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on October 17, 2013. This 

action for damages is proceeding against Defendants Montoya and Galvez (“Defendants”) for 

violating Plaintiff’s rights under the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution with 

respect to a clothed body search.

On August 24, 2015, Defendants filed a motion seeking an order requiring Plaintiff to 

provide a valid mailing address within two weeks. Defendants represent that the discovery 

requests they served on Plaintiff at his address of record on July 28, 2015, were returned by the 

postal service because the address is invalid.

Plaintiff’s address of record lists 93704 as his zip code. However, Plaintiff’s notice of 

change of address filed on July 13, 2015, listed his zip code as 93705 in the caption and 93704 in 

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the body, and his most recent filing listed his zip code as 93705. (Docs. 29, 34.) In addition, the 

Court takes judicial notice of the fact that the zip code for the street address provided by Plaintiff 

is 93705.1Fed. R. Evid. 201; Daniels-Hall v. National Educ. Ass’n, 629 F.3d 992, 998-99 (9th Cir. 

2010) (courts may take judicial notice of information made publicly available by government 

entities where neither the authenticity of the website nor the accuracy of the information is subject 

to reasonable dispute.)

Accordingly, the Court HEREBY ORDERS as follows:

1. The Clerk’s Office shall change Plaintiff’s zip code to 93705 and shall send 

Plaintiff a copy of the docket;

2. If there are any filings Plaintiff has not received due to the error in his zip code, he 

must file a notice within twenty (20) days from the date of service of this order; 

and

3. Defendants’ motion for an order requiring Plaintiff to provide a valid mailing 

address is denied as moot.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 25, 2015 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

 

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