Sheffey v. Hutchings

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 DISTRICT OF NEVADA || RONALD SHEFFEY, Case No. 2:21-cv-01341-APG-VCF 4 Petitioner, 5 v. ORDER ‘ WILLIAM HUTCHINGS, et al., 4 Respondents.

8 Petitioner Ronald Sheffey, a Nevada state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a petition || for writ of habeas corpus (ECF No. 3) under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Sheffey has failed to keep the court || apprised of his current address. The Southern Desert Correctional Center Law Library has |] returned court filings sent to the last institutional address Sheffey provided with a notation || indicating that he no longer is at the institution. See Electronic Notice (ECF No. 6). The inmate || search tool on the Nevada Department of Corrections’ (NDOC) website reflects that Sheffey is || now incarcerated at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center. !

15 The Local Rules of Practice require all parties, including habeas petitioners, to immediately || file with the court written notice of any change of address. LR JA 3-1, LR 2-2. The Local Rules || also warn that failure to comply may result in dismissal of the action, with or without prejudice, || or other sanctions as the court deems appropriate. Jd. See also Carey v. King, 856 F.2d 1439, 1441 || (9th Cir. 1988) (A party, not the district court, bears the burden of keeping the court apprised of || any changes in his mailing address.”).

21 I THEREFORE ORDER petitioner Ronald Sheffey to update his address by filing a notice || of change of address by October 21, 2021. If he fails to do so, I will dismiss his petition without || further notice.

24 Dated: September 21, 2021 (E ANDREW P. GORDON 26 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE ' The inmate search tool may be accessed by the public online at: https://ofdsearch.doc.nv.gov/. I take judicial notice || of Sheffey’s status as reported in NDOC’s online records.