Reid v. United States of America et al

Filing 97

ORDER DIRECTING Clerk of Court to Issue Summons, signed by Magistrate Judge Jennifer L. Thurston on 3/19/2021. (Marrujo, C)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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GORDON C. REID,

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Case No.: 1:14-cv-01163-NONE-JLT (PC)

Plaintiff,
ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT
TO ISSUE SUMMONS

v.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al.,

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Defendants.

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Plaintiff Gordon C. Reid alleges Defendants Ontiveroz, Fenton, and Garcia, plus three

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Doe defendants, subjected him to excessive force and unconstitutional conditions of confinement.

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(Doc. 96.) Based on the same underlying incidents, Plaintiff also raises claims against Defendant

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United States for the torts of negligence, assault, and/or battery. (Id.) The Court has screened

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Plaintiff’s third amended complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A and finds that it states

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cognizable claims for relief pursuant to Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents, 403 U.S. 388

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(1971), and the Federal Tort Claims Act. Accordingly, the Court directs the Clerk of the Court to

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issue a summons for each named defendant in the third amended complaint.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

March 19, 2021

/s/ Jennifer L. Thurston
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE