(PC) Tatarakis v. Merced County

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MATHEW TATARAKIS, ) Case No.: 1:23-cv-0879 JLT GSA (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND ) RECOMMENDATIONS IN FULL, DISMISSING v. ) THE ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE, AND ) DIRECTING THE CLERK OF COURT TO CLOSE MERCED COUNTY, et al., ) THIS CASE ) Defendant. ) (Doc. 5.) ) )

Mathew Tatarakis is a prisoner proceeding pro se with this action, which he initiated by filing a complaint on June 8, 2023. Because Plaintiff did not pay the filing fee, the magistrate judge ordered Plaintiff to pay the filing or filing an application to proceed in forma pauperis. However, the Court’s mail was returned as undeliverable on June 20, 2023. On July 28, 2023, the magistrate judge observed that “service at a party’s prior address is fully effective” when a party has not provided a notice of change of address. (Doc. 5 at 2, n.1, citing Local Rule 182(f).) The magistrate judge found…