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Parties Involved:
John Barnhouse
Plaintiff
Unknown S.F.P.D. Detective
Defendant

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHN BARNHOUSE,

Plaintiff,

v.

UNKNOWN S.F.P.D. DETECTIVE,

Defendant.

Case No. 14-cv-05055-JCS 

REPORT & RECOMMENDATION

Plaintiff filed this action on November 17, 2014 and applied to proceed in forma pauperis. 

On December 1, 2014, the Court issued an order for additional information in support of the 

application regarding Plaintiff’s financial status. See Docket No. 4. The order was served at the 

General Delivery address on the face of the Complaint. It was returned as undeliverable on 

December 30, 2014. See Docket No. 7. On January 6, 2015, the Clerk contacted Plaintiff by 

telephone. Mr. Barnhouse stated that he does not have any other address and asked the Court to 

serve the Order again at the General Delivery address. Accordingly, the Court sent a second 

order for additional information to the same address, extending the deadline to respond to January 

30, 2015. See Docket No. 8. That order also was returned as undeliverable. See Docket No. 12. 

On February 6, 2015, the Court denied Plaintiff’s in forma pauperis application and ordered that 

Plaintiff pay the filing fee within thirty days. See Docket No. 10. To date, that order has not been 

returned as undeliverable. Plaintiff failed to pay the filing fee. On March 12, 2015, the Court 

issued an order to show cause why the case should not be dismissed for failure to pay the filing 

fee, with a show cause hearing set for April 24, 2015. See Docket No. 14. That order was returned 

as undeliverable. See Docket No. 15. Plaintiff did not appear at the April 24, 2015 show cause 

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hearing. 

Accordingly, it is recommended that the case be DISMISSED without prejudice for failure 

to pay the filing fee and failure to prosecute. The case will be reassigned to a district court judge.

Dated: April 24, 2015

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JOSEPH C. SPERO

Chief Magistrate Judge

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