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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

San Francisco Division

GARY E. BOLTON,

Plaintiff,

v.

KAREN DOYLE,

Defendant.

Case No. 15-cv-05238-LB

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

[Re: ECF No. 39 ]

On September 30, 2016, mail was sent from the court to the plaintiff at the most recent address 

he provided to the court and was returned undelivered on October 12, 2016, marked “return to 

sender - not deliverable as addressed - unable to forward.” (ECF No. 45.) Mail sent from the court 

to the plaintiff at the other address he provided to the court had been returned undelivered on 

July 21, 2016. (ECF No. 37.) The plaintiff has not provided any address other than the addresses 

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

returned to the court undelivered. The plaintiff has failed to comply with Local Rule 3-11(a) which 

requires a party proceeding pro se to “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 send a current address 

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United States District Court

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within sixty days of the return of the undelivered mail. This action is DISMISSED without 

prejudice because the plaintiff failed to keep the court informed of his address in compliance with 

Local Rule 3-11(a).

In light of the foregoing dismissal, the defendant’s motion for summary judgment is 

DISMISSED as moot. (ECF No. 39.) 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 13, 2016 ____________________________

LAUREL BEELER

United States Magistrate Judge

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GARY E. BOLTON,

Plaintiff,

v.

KAREN DOYLE,

Defendant.

Case No. 3:15-cv-05238-LB 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. 

District Court, Northern District of California.

That on December 13, 2016, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by 

placing said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by 

depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery 

receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

Gary E. Bolton ID: CC15HC653

Martinez County Jail

901 Court Street

Martinez, CA 94533 

Dated: December 13, 2016

Susan Y. Soong

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

Lashanda Scott, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable LAUREL BEELER

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