Joey Dennis v. D. Samuel

CIVIL MINUTES – GENERAL

Case No.: 2:23-cv-04981-CV-BFM Date: June 13, 2025 Title: Joey Dennis v. D. Samuel, et al.

Present: The Honorable Brianna Fuller Mircheff, United States Magistrate Judge

Christianna Howard N/A Deputy Clerk Court Reporter / Recorder

Attorneys Present for Petitioner: Attorneys Present for Respondent:

N/A N/A

Proceedings: (In Chambers) Returned Mail and Order to Show Cause Re: Failure to Notify Court of Address Change

Petitioner filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. (ECF 1.) The matter is fully briefed and ready for decision. In the interim, it appears Petitioner has been released from custody; mail sent to his facility earlier this year has been returned (ECF 37, 38, 39), and CDCR’s inmate locator indicates he is no longer in custody. Dennis has had no contact with the Court for over a year and has not provided his post-release address to the Court. The Court thus has no current means to get a hold of him.

Under Local Rule 41-6, the failure of a pro se litigant to keep the court apprised of his address is itself grounds for dismissal of the…