Document ID: s3://data.kl3m.ai/documents/govinfo/USCOURTS/USCOURTS-caed-2_03-cv-00872/USCOURTS-caed-2_03-cv-00872-0/pdf.json

Parties Involved:
James Barlow
Plaintiff
Mark Terrell
Defendant

Document Text:

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

1

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES BARLOW,

NO. CIV. S-03-872 LKK/PAN P

Plaintiff,

v. O R D E R

MARK TERRELL, et al.,

Defendants.

 /

On May 11, 2004, the magistrate judge issued findings and

recommendations recommending the above-captioned case be dismissed

for failure to serve within the time limit prescribed by Fed. R.

Civ. P. 4(m). On May 20, 2004, plaintiff filed timely objections

to the findings and recommendations. In his objections, plaintiff

avers that he has not received many of the court’s previous orders

due to frequent changes in his address from the Solano County Jail

to the Claybank Detention Facility, delays in forwarding mail and

apparent confusion causing mail for him to be forwarded to his son

and vice versa. The court notes that in three instances since the

Case 2:03-cv-00872-LKK -PAN Document 23 Filed 08/17/05 Page 1 of 2
1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

2

issuance of the findings and recommendations, plaintiff has timely

notified the court of changes to his address. It appears that, as

of February 22, 2005, plaintiff is now incarcerated at the

California Correctional Center at Susanville, California. The

court finds that the ultimate sanction of dismissal is not

warranted in this instance. Taking plaintiff’s declaration at its

face, and considering his diligence in notifying the court three

additional times of changes of address, the court will not adopt

the recommendation of dismissal.

Accordingly, the court hereby ORDERS that:

1. The court declines to adopt the magistrate judge’s May 11,

2004 findings and recommendations; and

2 The matter is remanded to the magistrate judge for service

on defendant Solano County Public Defender’s conflict office, as

found appropriate in his January 28, 2004 order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: August 16, 2005.

/s/Lawrence K. Karlton 

LAWRENCE K. KARLTON

SENIOR JUDGE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

Case 2:03-cv-00872-LKK -PAN Document 23 Filed 08/17/05 Page 2 of 2