Opinion
CIVIL ACTION NO. 19-415-JWD-SDJ
05-04-2020
LIDIO W. CALZADILLA (#102417) v. JAMES LeBLANC, ET AL.
RULING
On or about June 25, 2019, the pro se Plaintiff, a person then confined at the Dixon Correctional Institute, Jackson, Louisiana, filed this proceeding pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On February 19, 2020, this case was reassigned from Magistrate Judge Erin Wilder-Doomes to Magistrate Judge Scott D. Johnson.
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A review of the record reflects that the Order reassigning this case was returned as undeliverable on March 26, 2020. The returned mail bore notations of "RETURN TO SENDER" and "NOT HERE."
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Pursuant to Local Rule 41(b)(4) of the Court, the failure of a pro se litigant to keep the Court apprised of a change of address may constitute a cause for dismissal for failure to prosecute when a notice has been returned to a party or the Court for the reason of an incorrect address and no correction is made to the address for a period of thirty (30) days. As a practical matter, the case cannot proceed without an address where the plaintiff may be reached and where he may receive pertinent pleadings, notices or rulings. Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED that the claims of Plaintiff be and are hereby DISMISSED, WITHOUT PREJUDICE, for failure of Plaintiff to prosecute this proceeding and for failure to keep the Court apprised of a current address.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, on motion of Plaintiff, filed within thirty (30) days, and upon a showing of good cause the Court may consider reinstatement of Plaintiff's claims on the Court's Docket. Judgment shall be entered accordingly.
Signed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on May 4, 2020.
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JUDGE JOHN W. deGRAVELLES
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA