(PC)Costa

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ANTHONY STEWART COSTA, Case No. 1:21-cv-1308 JLT GSA (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING THE FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS, DISMISSING THE

v. ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE, AND

DIRECTING THE CLERK OF COURT TO

MARGARITA SANDOVAL, CLOSE THE CASE Defendant. (Doc. 17) 16 Anthony Stewart Costa seeks to hold the defendant liable for a violation of his civil rights while incarcerated at the California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi, California. (See generally Doc. 1.) The magistrate judge found Plaintiff failed to obey the Court’s orders to apply to proceed in forma pauperis following his release from custody and failed to keep the Court informed of his current mailing address. (See Doc. 17 at 1-2; see also Docs. 15, 16.) The magistrate judge found terminating sanctions are appropriate, after considering the factors identified by the Ninth Circuit in Malone v. United States Postal Service, 833 F.2d 128, 130 (9th 24 …