Huffman v. Bureau of Prisons et al

Filing 222

MINUTE ORDER denying 220 Plaintiff's Motion to Find BOP in Contempt of Court. By Magistrate Judge Kristen L. Mix on 5/29/12.(mnfsl, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Civil Action No. 11-cv-01459-CMA-KLM
LORAL HUFFMAN,
Plaintiff,
v.
DR. ALLRED,
DR. CARTER,
SANCHEZ, Case Manager,
DERR, Unit Manager,
JOHN DOE, Mailroom Supervisor,
JANE DOE, Food Supervisor,
BUCKNER, Investigator,
LINCOLN, D.H.O., and
CRANK, Trust Manager,
Defendants.
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MINUTE ORDER
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ENTERED BY MAGISTRATE JUDGE KRISTEN L. MIX
This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff’s Motion to Find BOP in Contempt of
Court [Docket No. 220; Filed May 24, 2012] (the “Motion”). The federal Bureau of Prisons
(“BOP”) is not a party to this lawsuit, thus the Court has no authority to hold the BOP in
contempt of court, assuming a legitimate basis to do so existed. Furthermore, Plaintiff does
not identify a Defendant to whom his allegations are directed. The Court thus has no
jurisdictional basis to evaluate the relief requested, in the absence of a named Defendant
to whom the allegedly violative acts may be attributed. See Little v. Jones, 607 F.3d 1245,
1251 (10th Cir. 2010) (affirming the denial of a motion for preliminary injunction on the
basis that the incarcerated pro se plaintiff had not “alleged that the defendants named in
the complaint participated in the alleged deprivations . . . .”). Accordingly,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Motion is DENIED.
Dated: May 29, 2012