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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
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

MATTHEW M GONZALEZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

SPRING CHRIESE, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 16-cv-00741-SI 

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

Mail that was sent on June 13, 2016 to plaintiff at the county jail address he provided was 

returned to the court undelivered on June 27, 2016. Docket No. 8. The envelope containing the 

returned mail has one sticker that states “return to sender - not deliverable as addressed - unable to 

forward” on top of another sticker from the Alameda County Sheriff that states “not in custody -

return to sender,” although the latter sticker is not visible on the copy of the document in the 

electronic court file. Plaintiff has not provided any address other than the one to which the 

undeliverable mail was sent. More than sixty days have passed since the mail was first returned to 

the court undelivered. Plaintiff has failed to comply with Local Rule 3-11(a) which requires that a 

party proceeding pro se must "promptly file with the Court and serve upon all opposing parties a 

Notice of Change of Address specifying the new address" when his address changes. Local Rule 

3-11(b) allows the court to dismiss a complaint without prejudice when mail directed to a pro se

party is returned as not deliverable and the pro se party fails to file a notice of his current address 

within sixty days of the return of the undelivered mail. For the foregoing reasons, this action is 

dismissed without prejudice because plaintiff failed to keep the court informed of his address in 

compliance with Local Rule 3-11(a). 

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The clerk shall close the file. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 31, 2016

______________________________________

SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

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