Opinion
Civ. 23-3501 (RMB) (MJS)
08-20-2024
EDWIN LUGO RAMOS, Plaintiff v. JOHN DOE, Defendant
MEMORANDUM ORDER
RENEE MARIE BUMB, CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
This matter comes before the Court sua sponte in this pro se prisoner civil rights action. Upon the Court's review of this matter, it appears that Plaintiff no longer resides at his address of record. Local Civil Rule 10.1(a) provides, in relevant part:
unrepresented parties must advise the Court of any change in their . . . address within seven days of being apprised of such change by filing a notice of said change with the Clerk.
Failure to file a notice of change may result in the imposition of sanctions by the Court.
Dismissing a complaint without prejudice is an appropriate remedy for noncompliance with this rule. See Archie v. Dept. of Corr., Civ. No. 12-2466 (RBK/JS), 2015 WL 333299, at *1 (D.N.J. Jan. 23, 2015) (collecting cases).
IT IS therefore on this 20th day of August 2024,
ORDERED that this case is dismissed without prejudice pursuant to Local Civil Rule 10.1(a), and the Clerk shall close this matter; and it is further
ORDERED that Plaintiff may seek to reopen this matter if, within 30 days from the date of entry of this Order, he submits to the Clerk of Court, at Mitchell H. Cohen Building & U.S. Courthouse, 4th & Cooper Streets, Room 1050, Camden, New Jersey, 08101, a writing showing good cause why he did not timely apprise the Court of his new address; and it is further ORDERED that the Clerk shall mail a copy of this Order to Plaintiff's last known address.