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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 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

MIDDLE DIVISION

RAFAEL ALBERTO LLOVERA LINARES, )

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Plaintiff, )

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v. ) Case No: 4:14-cv-00728-KOB-SGC

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND )

SECURITY, et al., )

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Defendants. )

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

The magistrate judge entered a report on May 28, 2015, recommending the claims

the plaintiff purported to bring on behalf of Jewish detainees held in the custody of U.S.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) at Etowah County Jail, presently or in

the future, be dismissed for failure to state a claim on which relief may be granted

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b). (Doc. 32). The magistrate judge further

recommended the plaintiff’s request for injunctive relief be dismissed as moot. (Id.). 

Finally, the magistrate judge recommended the plaintiff’s claims that the defendants

violated his First Amendment right to the free exercise of religion be referred to her for

further proceedings. (Id.). The copy of the report and recommendation served on the

plaintiff at the address provided by himhas been returned by the U.S. Postal Service with

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the notation “Return to Sender - Refused - Unable to Forward.” (Doc. 33). 

A review of the court record establishes that at the commencement of this lawsuit

on April 21, 2014, the plaintiff was a civil detainee in ICE custody. (Doc. 1). He

remained in ICE custody through at least January 29, 2015, when he notified the court

he had been transferred to Krome Detention Center in Miami, Florida. (Doc. 31). 

Thereafter, the plaintiff did not file any notice of a change of address in this case or the

other three cases he simultaneously pursued in this court. See Linares v. Dept of

Homeland Security, No. 14-678 (N.D. Ala. filed April 11, 2014); Linares v. Etowah

County Jail, No. 14-1364 (N.D. Ala. filed July 16, 2014); Linares v. Etowah County Jail,

No. 14-2120 (N.D. Ala. filed October 31, 2014). In the last-filed case, the magistrate

judge entered an order on May 28, 2015, directing the plaintiff to provide a current

address and notifying himhis case would be dismissed for lack of prosecution if he failed

to comply. Linares v. Etowah County Jail, No. 14-2120 at Doc. 7. That order was

returned to the court as undeliverable on June 15, 2015. Id. at Doc. 8. 

Finally, the detainee locator available on ICE's website states that a detainee

bearing the plaintiff’s ICE number and country of origin cannot be found. See

https://locator.ice.gov/odls/searchByAlienNumber.do. Therefore, while the magistrate

judge’s report and recommendation is well taken, because the plaintiff, a seasoned pro

se litigant, failed to notify the clerk of his most recent change of address, the court

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ORDERS that this action is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE for the plaintiff's

failure to prosecute. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b).

For information regarding the cost of appeal, see the attached notice.

DONE this 25th day of June, 2015.

____________________________________

 KARON OWEN BOWDRE

 CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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United States Court of Appeals

Eleventh Circuit

56 Forsyth Street, N.W.

Atlanta, Georgia 30303

John Ley In Replying Give Number

 Clerk Of Case and Names of Parties

NOTICE TO PRISONERS CONCERNING CIVIL APPEALS

 

The Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (effective April 26, 1996) now

REQUIRES that all prisoners pay the Court’s $500 docket fee plus $5 filing fee (for a total

of $505) when appealing any civil judgment.

If you wish to appeal in a civil case that Act now requires that upon filing a notice of

appeal you either:

(1) Pay the total $505 fee to the clerk of the district court from which this case

arose; or

(2) arrange to have a prison official certify to the district court from which the

appeal arose the average monthly deposits and balances in your prison account

for each of the six months preceding the filing of a notice of appeal.

If you proceed with option (2) above, the Act requires that the district court order you

to pay an initial partial fee of at least 20% of the greater of either the average monthly

deposits or of the average monthly balances shown in your prison account. The remainder of

the total $505 fee will thereafter be deducted from your prison account each month that your

account balance exceeds $10. Each such monthly deduction shall equal 20% of all deposits

to your prison account during the previous month, until the total $505 fee is paid. (If your

prison account statement shows that you cannot pay even the required initial partial fee, your

appeal may nevertheless proceed, BUT THE TOTAL $505 FEE WILL BE ASSESSED

AGAINST AND WILL BE DEDUCTED FROM FUTURE DEPOSITS TO YOUR PRISON

ACCOUNT.)

Fees are not refundable, regardless of outcome, and deductions from your prison

account will continue until the total $505 fee is collected, even if an appeal is unsuccessful.

John Ley

Clerk

 PLRA Notice

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