Clark v. Ellis et al

Filing 35

ORDER granting 30 Motion to Set Aside 21 23 24 Summons Returned Executed on defts Bingham, Clark and Harris; and granting 34 MOTION to Amend/Correct 2 Complaint. Signed by Magistrate Judge Jerome T. Kearney on 7/19/11. (kpr)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
WESTERN DIVISION
CHRISTOPHER S. CLARK,
ADC #147653
v.

PLAINTIFF

4:11-cv-00135-BSM-JTK

OFFICER ELLIS, et al.

DEFENDANTS
ORDER

This matter is before the Court on Defendants’ Motion to Set Aside Summons Returned
Executed (Doc. No. 30), and on Plaintiff’s Motion to Amend (Doc. No. 34).
In support of their Motion, Defendants Bingham, Clark and Harris state that White County
Sheriff’s Office received summonses and complaints directed to them on June 14, 2011, but that
Defendant Harris never worked at the Sheriff’s Office or Detention Center, and that Defendants
Bingham and Clark are no longer employed with the Office or Detention Center and were not
employed on June 14, 2011. Defendants state they never received service and that the purported
service of them should be set aside. Plaintiff did not file a Response to the Motion.
Since Defendants state they were not employed by the White County Sheriff’s Office or
Detention Center on the date of service, June 14, 2011, the Court finds they were not properly served
within the meaning of FED.R.CIV.P. 5. Therefore, Defendants’ Motion to Set Aside Summons will
be granted.
The Court also will grant Plaintiff’s Motion to add an allegation of unconstitutional
conditions of confinement against Defendants (Doc. No. 34). Accordingly,
IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that the Motion to Set Aside Summons Returned Executed,
filed by Defendants Bingham, Clark and Harris (Doc. No. 30) is GRANTED.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion to Amend (Doc. No. 34) is GRANTED.
IT IS SO ORDERED this 19th day of July, 2011.

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JEROME T. KEARNEY
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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