Summary
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of California orders the Clerk of Court to update plaintiff Robert Curtis Williams III’s address after mail containing the pretrial order was returned as undeliverable. The court also directs the Clerk to re-serve the February 10, 2023 pretrial order at plaintiff’s new address at Rio Consumnes Correctional Center.
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Questions Presented
- Whether the Clerk should update plaintiff's address of record after the court's pretrial order was returned as undeliverable.
- Whether the Clerk should re-serve the February 10, 2023 pretrial order at plaintiff's new custodial address.
Holdings
- In the interest of justice, the Clerk was directed to update plaintiff's address of record to Rio Consumnes Correctional Center and re-serve the February 10, 2023 pretrial order at that address.
Key quotations
“In the interest of justice, the Court will update Plaintiff's address of record and re-serve the Court’s pretrial order issued on February 10, 2023, at Plaintiff's new location.” (at 1-2)
Factual background
Plaintiff Robert Curtis Williams, III, a pro se and in forma pauperis prisoner, was proceeding in a civil-rights action. The court's February 10, 2023 pretrial order was sent to plaintiff at Sacramento County Jail but was returned as undeliverable. A public inmate locator indicated that plaintiff was housed at Rio Consumnes Correctional Center, so the court ordered the docket address updated and the pretrial order re-served.
Procedural history
The court issued a pretrial order on February 10, 2023, and served it on plaintiff at the Sacramento County Jail. The order was returned on February 24, 2023, marked undeliverable and unable to forward. After taking judicial notice of a public inmate locator indicating plaintiff's new location, the court directed the Clerk to update plaintiff's address and re-serve the pretrial order.