UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY

KENNETH RAY HUNTER, Civil Action No. 20-4381 (RBK)

Petitioner,

v. OPINION AND ORDER

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Respondent.

Before the Court is Petitioner’s Amended Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to

(hereinafter “Petition”), challenging a disciplinary sanction and seeking the return of good time credits. (ECF No. 3.) Upon the Court’s review of this matter, it appears that Petitioner is no longer in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, according to its inmate locator. Petitioner has not contacted the Court in the intervening time to provide an updated address. Local Civil Rule 10.1(a) requires unrepresented parties to notify the Court of any change in address within 7 days. The Rule further provides that failure to file such notice “may result in the imposition of sanctions by the Court.”

Indeed, failure to apprise the Court of an address change may result in the outright dismissal of the case for failure to proceed, or an administrative termination of the action without prejudice. See, e.g., Allebach v. Cathell, No. 06-5005,

(D.N.J. July 15, 2009); Boretsky v. Corzine, No. 08-2265,

(D.N.J. June 23, 2008). As the Court does not have a current address for Petitioner, this matter cannot proceed at this time. The Court will therefore administratively terminate the proceedings without prejudice to Petitioner’s right to reinstate this action by notifying the Court of his new address within 30 days. Failure to provide an updated address within 30 days of the date of this Order may result in dismissal of this matter for lack of prosecution. Accordingly, IT IS, on this 5th day of August 2021, ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall ADMINISTRATIVELY TERMINATE this matter for failure to comply with Local Civil Rule 10.1(a), without prejudice to reinstatement

should Petitioner notify the Court of his changed address within thirty (30) days from entry of this Order; and it is further ORDERED that failure to comply with this Order may result in the matter being dismissed for lack of prosecution; and it is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall serve a copy of this Order on Petitioner at his last known address by regular mail.

s/Robert B. Kugler ROBERT B. KUGLER United States District Judge