James v. U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
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Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
SHANELL JAMES, : : Plaintiff, : Civil Action No.: 08-842 (RMU) : v. : : U.S. DRUG ENFORCEMENT : ADMINISTRATION, : : Defendant. :
MEMORANDUM OPINION
DISMISSING THE CASE WITHOUT PREJUDICE FOR FAILURE TO PROSECUTE
The pro se plaintiff, previously incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institution in
Allenwood, Pennsylvania (“FCI Allenwood”), filed this Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”)
action on May 15, 2008. See Compl. at 1. According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Inmate
Locator, the plaintiff was released from custody on September 30, 2009, see
http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/LocateInmate.jsp (last visited Nov. 17, 2010), and mail sent to him at
his current address of record, FCI Allenwood, has twice been returned to the Clerk of the Court
as undeliverable, see Returned Envelope (July 21, 2010), ECF No. 37; Returned Envelope (May
21, 2010), ECF No. 31.
Pursuant to Local Civil Rule 5.1(e)(1), the plaintiff was required to file a notice of any
change in his address within fourteen days after the change. See LCvR 5.1(e)(1). To date, he
has not done so. Because the plaintiff has failed to abide by Local Civil Rule 5.1(e)(1) and
because issuing an order for the plaintiff to show cause why the remainder of this case should
not be dismissed would be a futile exercise, the court dismisses this action without prejudice
pursuant to Local Civil Rule 83.23. An Order consistent with this Memorandum Opinion is separately and
contemporaneously issued this 29th day of November, 2010.
RICARDO M. URBINA United States District Judge
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