Garrett v. Igbinosa

Filing 7

ORDER Directing Clerk to Correct Docket Pursuant to ECF 6 , signed by Magistrate Judge Michael J. Seng on 4/4/16. (Hellings, J)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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JAMES JAMIL GARRETT,

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Plaintiff,
v.

CASE No. 1:16-cv-00259-MJS (PC)
ORDER DIRECTING CLERK TO
CORRECT DOCKET PURSUANT TO ECF
No. 6

NGOZ, et al.,
Defendants.

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Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil

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rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He has consented to Magistrate

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Judge jurisdiction. (ECF No. 4.) No other parties have appeared in the action.

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Plaintiff initiated this action on February 24, 2016. (ECF No. 1.) His complaint lists

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a single defendant: Dr. Ngozi Igbinosa at the Medical Department at California

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Substance Abuse Treatment Facility (“CSATF”), Corcoran. However, the action was

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opened against the following three separate defendants, perhaps due to difficulties with

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the handwritten pleadings: (1) Ngoz, (2) Igbinosa, and (3) Medical Department, CSATF.

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Plaintiff brought this docket error to the Court’s attention on March 8, 2016. (ECF No. 6.)

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In light of Plaintiff’s notice regarding the error, the Clerk’s Office is HEREBY

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DIRECTED to correct the docket to reflect Dr. Ngozi Igbinosa as the sole defendant in

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this action.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

April 4, 2016

/s/

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Michael J. Seng

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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