BRAND v. INMATE PHONE SERVICE

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ORDER re 1 Complaint, filed by QUAR'MARDEN QUAR'NAIN BRAND - - 1. Clerk to forward to pla a civil rights form (42:1983pr) and prisoner consent form and financial certificate. This case number should be written on the fo rms. - 2. Within thirty (30) days from docketing date of this order, pla shall submit motion IFP, or pay $350.00 filing fee. Additionally within that time, pla shall file Amended Complaint. - - (Amended Pleadings due by 11/22/2010. - Filing Fee due by 11/22/2010 ; Alternatively, IFP Motion due by 11/22/2010. ) - - - Signed by MAGISTRATE JUDGE ELIZABETH M TIMOTHY on October 21, 2010. (cbj)

-EMT BRAND v. INMATE PHONE SERVICE

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA PENSACOLA DIVISION QUAR'MARDEN QUAR'NAIN BRAND, Plaintiff, vs. INMATE PHONE SERVICE, et al., Defendants. ___________________________________/ ORDER Plaintiff, an inmate of the Santa Rosa County Jail, initiated this civil rights action by filing a complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Doc. 1). Upon review of the complaint, it appears Plaintiff failed to use the court-approved form for filing his complaint. Local Rule 5.1(J) for the Northern District of Florida states that the court will not accept for consideration a complaint under section 1983 unless the appropriate complaint form is completed. Thus, Plaintiff must file his complaint on the form for use in section 1983 cases, even if he wishes to attach separate pages explaining the facts that underlie the complaint. Additionally, the court notes that Plaintiff has neither paid the filing fee nor submitted a motion to proceed in forma pauperis. Before this matter may proceed, Plaintiff must either pay the fee or obtain leave to proceed in forma pauperis by filing a fully and properly completed motion and attachments. If Plaintiff wishes to proceed with this action, he must completely fill out a new civil rights complaint form, marking it "Amended Complaint." Plaintiff must limit his allegations to claims related to the same basic incident or issue and name as Defendants only those persons who are responsible for the alleged constitutional violations. Plaintiff must place their names in the style of the case on the first page of the civil rights complaint form, and include their addresses and employment positions in the "Parties" section of the form. In the statement of facts, Plaintiff should clearly describe how each named Defendant is involved in each alleged constitutional violation, Case No.: 3:10cv415/MCR/EMT

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alleging the claims as to each Defendant in separately numbered paragraphs and including specific dates and times of the alleged unconstitutional acts. If Plaintiff cannot state exactly how a particular Defendant harmed him, he should delete or drop that person as a Defendant from his complaint. Plaintiff's request for relief should be limited to only that which he could recover if he succeeds on his claims. Plaintiff is advised that once an amended complaint is filed, all earlier complaints and filings are disregarded. N.D. Fla. Loc. R. 15.1. Plaintiff should file the amended complaint with an original signature and keep an identical copy for himself. He should not file a memorandum of law or otherwise provide citations to statutes and cases, and he should not file exhibits as evidentiary support for his complaint. The court will notify Plaintiff when memoranda and exhibits are necessary, such as prior to trial or in conjunction with a motion for summary judgment. Furthermore, Plaintiff should not submit service copies of his complaint unless and until the court directs him to do so. Finally, Plaintiff is advised that discovery is premature at this stage of the case, and Plaintiff should not do any discovery without leave of court. Accordingly, it is ORDERED: 1. The clerk of court is directed to forward to Plaintiff a civil rights complaint form and a motion to proceed in forma pauperis and a prisoner consent form and financial certificate for use by prisoners in actions under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This case number should be written on the forms. 2. Within THIRTY (30) DAYS from the date of docketing of this order, Plaintiff shall submit a completed motion to proceed in forma pauperis, or pay the filing fee in the amount of $350.00. Additionally within that time, Plaintiff shall file an amended civil rights complaint, which shall be typed or clearly written, submitted on the court form, and titled "Amended Complaint." 3. Plaintiff's failure to comply with this order may result in a recommendation that this action be dismissed for failure to comply with a court order. DONE AND ORDERED this 21st day of October 2010. /s/ Elizabeth M. Timothy ELIZABETH M. TIMOTHY UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

Case No.: 3:10cv415/MCR/EMT