(HC) Ward v. Thompson, No. 2:2018cv00931 - Document 16 (E.D. Cal. 2018)

Court Description: ORDER and FINDINGS and RECOMMENDATIONS signed by Magistrate Judge Deborah Barnes on 12/10/2018 ORDERING Clerk of Court to randomly assign a District Court judge to this action and RECOMMENDING this matter be dismissed without prejudice for failure to prosecute and 13 Motion to Dismiss be denied as moot. Assigned and referred to Judge Kimberly J. Mueller. Objections due within 14 days after being served with these findings and recommendations. (Henshaw, R)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 BARRY SHELDON WARD, JR., 12 Petitioner, 13 14 No. 2:18-cv-0931 DB P v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS J. SALAZAR, Warden, 15 Respondent. 16 On August 31, 2018, a court order was served on petitioner’s address of record. (See ECF 17 18 No. 12). The order was returned by the postal service as undeliverable on September 11, 2018. On November 5, 2018, respondent filed a response and motion to dismiss the petition. 19 20 (ECF No. 13). On November 27, 2018, the court issued another order directing petitioner to file a 21 traverse to respondent’s filing within thirty days. (See ECF No. 14). On December 5, 2018, that 22 order was also returned to the court as undeliverable. It appears that petitioner has failed to comply with Local Rule 182(f), which requires that 23 24 a party appearing in propria persona inform the court of any address change. More than sixty- 25 three days have passed since the first court order was returned by the postal service, and petitioner 26 has failed to notify the court of a current address. 27 //// 28 //// 1 1 2 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Clerk of Court randomly assign a District Court judge to this action. 3 IT IS FURTHER RECOMMENDED that: 4 1. This matter be DISMISSED without prejudice for failure to prosecute (see Local Rule 5 183(b)), and 6 7 2. Respondent’s motion to dismiss filed November 5, 2018 (ECF No. 13) be DENIED as moot. 8 These findings and recommendations are submitted to the United States District Judge 9 assigned to the case, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(l). Within fourteen days 10 after being served with these findings and recommendations, any party may file written 11 objections with the court. The document should be captioned “Objections to Magistrate Judge’s 12 Findings and Recommendations.” Any response to the objections shall be filed and served within 13 fourteen days after service of the objections. The parties are advised that failure to file objections 14 within the specified time may waive the right to appeal the District Court’s order. Martinez v. 15 Ylst, 951 F.2d 1153 (9th Cir. 1991). 16 Dated: December 10, 2018 17 18 19 20 21 DLB:13 DB/ORDERS/ORDERS.PRISONER.HABEAS/ward0931.133a 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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