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Parties Involved:
Tarah Foster
Defendant
Steven Lee Mortensen
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STEVEN LEE MORTENSEN,

Plaintiff,

v.

TARAH FOSTER,

Defendant.

No. 2:22-cv-01773-TLN-CKD P

ORDER

 

Plaintiff is a former county inmate proceeding pro se in this civil rights action that was 

removed from state court on October 6, 2022. ECF No. 1. The undersigned issued Findings and 

Recommendations on February 22, 2023 to dismiss this action without prejudice based on 

plaintiff’s failure to inform the court of any address change. ECF No. 10. The next day plaintiff 

filed his change of address with the court. ECF No. 11. The Findings and Recommendations 

were then re-served on plaintiff’s new address of record. Plaintiff filed objections to the Findings 

and Recommendations on March 6, 2023.1

 However, mail sent to plaintiff was subsequently 

returned to the court.

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 Defendant Foster has also filed a response to plaintiff’s objections 

1 As plaintiff is no longer in custody, the court no longer applies the prison mailbox rule to 

plaintiff’s pleadings to determine the constructive filing date. Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266 

(1988).

2 The Clerk’s Office does not keep the envelopes containing the postmark date or the reason why 

the mail was returned.

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indicating that an attempt at service of process at plaintiff’s new address has also failed. ECF No. 

13. Therefore, the court will order plaintiff to provide his current address within 14 days from the 

date of this order. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Within 14 days from the date of this order, plaintiff shall provide his current address in 

compliance with Local Rule 183(b).

2. The undersigned will not withdraw or vacate the pending Findings and 

Recommendations until plaintiff has notified the court of a current address where he 

can be properly served. 

3. Plaintiff’s failure to respond to this order within the time provided will result in the 

submission of the pending Findings and Recommendations to the district judge 

assigned to this action.

Dated: March 14, 2023

12/mort1773.osc.mail 

_____________________________________

CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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