Calvin v. Baughman et al

Filing 7

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 10/3/2017 GRANTING 5 Request for Screening. The court will screen plaintiff's complaint in due course and the court will indicate the time for defendants to file a responsive pleading in the screening order. (Henshaw, R)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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JIMMY CALVIN,

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No. 2:17-cv-1942-WBS-EFB P

Plaintiff,
v.

ORDER

D. BAUGHMAN, et al.,

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Defendants.

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Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42

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U.S.C. § 1983. He originally filed this case in Sacramento County Superior Court, but defendants

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removed the case to this court on September 19, 2017. ECF No. 2. Defendants ask the court to

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screen the case under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A and to stay their obligation to file a responsive pleading

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in the meantime. ECF No. 5.

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Defendants’ request is GRANTED. The court will screen plaintiff’s complaint in due

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course. The court will indicate the time for defendants to file a responsive pleading in the

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screening order.

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DATED: October 3, 2017.

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