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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 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CHRISTOPHER C. GARLAND, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

R. J. RACKLEY, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:15-cv-1560 AC P 

ORDER and 

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 

Plaintiff commenced this prisoner civil rights action by filing a complaint on July 21, 

2015. This action is referred to the undersigned United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 

U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302(c). By order filed August 6, 2015, plaintiff was 

directed to submit an in forma pauperis application or pay the appropriate filing fee within thirty 

days. Plaintiff was cautioned that failure to comply with the court’s order would result in a 

recommendation that this action be dismissed without prejudice. See ECF No. 4. 

The thirty-day period has expired and plaintiff has not responded to the court’s order. 

Moreover, review of the Inmate Locator Website operated by the California Department of 

Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR)1 indicates that plaintiff may no longer be incarcerated 

 

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 See http://inmatelocator.cdcr.ca.gov/ (Inmate Locator website operated by the California 

Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation). This Court may take judicial notice of facts that 

are capable of accurate determination by sources whose accuracy cannot reasonably be 

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under the authority of CDCR. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall randomly assign a 

District Judge to this action. 

In addition, IT IS HEREBY RECOMMENDED that this action be dismissed without 

prejudice. 

 These findings and recommendations are submitted to the United States District Judge 

assigned to this case pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(l). Within twenty one days 

after service of these findings and recommendations, plaintiff may file written objections with the 

court; such document should be captioned “Objections to Magistrate Judge’s Findings and 

Recommendations.” Plaintiff is advised that failure to file objections within the specified time 

may waive the right to appeal the District Court’s order. Martinez v. Ylst, 951 F.2d 1153 (9th 

Cir. 1991). 

DATED: September 16, 2015 

 

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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