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Parties Involved:
Audrey King
Respondent
James Payne
Petitioner

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES PAYNE,

Petitioner,

v.

AUDREY KING, Executive Director of 

Coalinga State Hospital,

Respondent.

Case No. 1:14-cv-00538-LJO-SKO HC

ORDER DISMISSING PETITION FOR 

FAILURE TO PROSECUTE

On March 7, 2014, Petitioner filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus. On January 20, 2016, 

the copy of an order mailed to Petitioner was returned to the Clerk marked "undeliverable, return to 

sender."

Local Rule 183 provides:

A party appearing in propria persona shall keep the Court and opposing parties 

advised as to his or her current address. If mail directed to a plaintiff in propria 

persona by the Clerk is returned by the U.S. Postal Service, and if such Plaintiff 

fails to notify the Court and opposing parties within sixty-three (63) days 

thereafter of a current address, the Court may dismiss the action without prejudice 

for failure to prosecute.

After more than sixty-three (63) days elapsed from the date of the return of the order mailed 

to Plaintiff, Plaintiff had failed to advise the Court of his current address or contacted the Court in 

any other way. Accordingly, on March 28, 2016, the Magistrate Judge entered an order to show 

cause within fifteen (15) days why the petition should not be dismissed for failure to prosecute. 

Petitioner did not respond.

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The Court has discretion to impose any and all sanctions authorized by statute or rule or 

within the inherent power of the Court, including dismissing the action, based on a petitioner’s 

failure to comply with a court rules. F.R.Civ.P. 11; Local R. 110.

Accordingly, the Court hereby DISMISSES, without prejudice, the petition for writ of habeas 

corpus in the above-captioned action.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 20, 2016 /s/ Lawrence J. O’Neill 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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