1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 TRACYE BENARD WASHINGTON, Case No.: 1:23-cv-01095-JLT-SKO (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S REQUEST AS MOOT 13 v. (Doc. 54) 14 A. CASTILLO, et al.,

15 Defendants. 16 17 I. INTRODUCTION 18 Following a settlement conference before Magistrate Judge Robert M. Illman in the 19 United States District Court for the Northern District of California on November 14, 2024, (Doc. 20 51 [Minute Order]), the parties submitted a Stipulation for Voluntary Dismissal with Prejudice in 21 this action on December 16, 2024 (Doc. 52). On December 19, 2024, the Court issued its Order 22 terminating the action by operation of law. (Doc. 53.) 23 On June 17, 2025, Plaintiff filed a document titled “Plaintiff Request for Formal Inquiry 24 into Settlement Awards Status.” (Doc. 54.) Plaintiff states that despite the November 2024 25 settlement, the simultaneous settlement of an action that was pending in the Northern District of 26 California titled Washington v. Salinas Valley State Prison, case number 22-CV-05831-BLF 27 (PR), and the passage of more than six months, he has not yet received the settlement funds. (Id.) Plaintiff asks this Court to “make a formal inquiry on his behalf.” (Id.) 1 II. CONCLUSION AND ORDER 2 To the extent Plaintiff requests an inquiry into the status of any settlement proceeds, his 3 request is not properly before this Court as the settlement proceedings occurred before Judge 4 Illman in the Northern District of California.1 5 Accordingly, Plaintiff’s request filed June 17, 2025 (Doc. 54) is DENIED as moot. The 6 Clerk of the Court is directed to terminate the motion in this closed case. 7 IT IS SO ORDERED. 8

9 Dated: June 18, 2025 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto . UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 10

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26 1 The Court takes judicial notice of the docket for the action titled Washington v. Salinas Valley State 27 Prison, case number 5:22-cv-05831-BLF, filed in the Northern District of California. That docket reflects the last filing in that action was the Court’s Order of Dismissal issued January 7, 2025. See Harris v. County of Orange,

, 1131–32 (9th Cir. 2012) (court may take judicial notice of “documents