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Parties Involved:
Ossie Giles
Plaintiff
San Quentin State Prison
Defendant

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

In re OSSIE GILES,

Case No. 15-cv-01470-YGR (PR)

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

On March 31, 2015, this action was opened when the Court received from Plaintiff a letter 

addressed to Senior District Court Judge Thelton E. Henderson expressing his displeasure with the 

conditions of confinement in the prison at which he is currently housed, i.e., San Quentin State 

Prison in San Quentin, California. Dkt. 1 at 3. In turn, the Clerk of the Court opened a case file, 

and sent a notice to Plaintiff advising him that he had not filed a complaint, and cautioned that the 

action would be dismissed if he did not submit a complaint within twenty-eight days. The Clerk 

separately sent out a notice that this action was deficient due to the failure to pay the filing fee or 

furnish a completed and signed Court-approved in forma pauperis application, and cautioned that 

the action would be dismissed if he did not pay the fee or file the application materials within 

twenty-eight days. 

In response, Plaintiff sent a letter dated April 7, 2015 to the Clerk indicating that he had 

not exhausted his available administrative remedies, and that he was requesting a “stay of action 

on this matter until all my CDCR administrative remedies are completed.” Dkt. 5 at 1. The Court 

construes Plaintiff’s letter as an indication that he did not intend to commence a new action when 

he wrote the letter to Judge Henderson, but that he only intended to inform the judge of his 

concerns. 

In light of Plaintiff's explanation that the letter he sent to Judge Henderson was not 

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intended to commence a new action, this action is DISMISSED because it was opened in error. 

Plaintiff may file a new civil rights action using the attached civil rights complaint form after he 

has exhausted his administrative remedies.

No filing fee is due. The Clerk shall close the file. The Clerk shall send Plaintiff a blank 

civil rights complaint form along with his copy of this Order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:

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YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS

United States District Judge

April 27, 2015

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