Griggs v. Davis et al

Filing 123

ORDER granting 121 Motion for Psychiatric Examination of Plaintiff Cameron Maddox. Dr. Matthew W. Norman shall be permitted to evaluate Plaintiff Cameron Maddox as practicable. Signed by Chief Judge J. Randal Hall on 05/23/2019. (jlh)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
AUGUSTA DIVISION

EUGENE GRIGGS and CAMERON

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MADDOX,

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Plaintiffs,

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V.

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CV 117-089

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VERNEAL EVANS, Former
Correctional Officer, Augusta
State Medical Prison, In His

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Individual Capacity; JANSON
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CREAGER, Correctional Officer,
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Augusta State Medical Prison,
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In His Individual Capacity; and *
TREI BLUITT, Correctional
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Officer, Augusta State Medical
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Prison, In His Individual
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Capacity,
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Defendants.

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ORDER

Before

the Court

is

Plaintiffs'

Unopposed Motion

for Order

Permitting Psychiatric Examination of Plaintiff Cameron Maddox.
(Doc.

121.)

Plaintiff

Plaintiffs'

Maddox's

counsel

competency

communications

and

his

schizoaffective

disorder.

has

based

diagnosis
As

such,

become

on
of
they

concerned

their

privileged

schizophrenia
seek

about

the

and

Court's

permission for Dr. Matthew W. Norman to evaluate Plaintiff Maddox,
who is currently incarcerated at Phillips State Prison in Buford,
Georgia.

See Fed. R. Civ. P.

17(c) (2); Bodnar v. Bodnar,

441 F.2d

1103, 1104

(5th Cir. 1971)^ ("Where there is a showing of a

substantial question of competency, the Judge with protective
restrictions can, in making that determination, require a medical
examination."); United States v. One Parcel of Prop. Located at

9607 Lee Road 72, Waverly, Lee Cty., Ala., 915 F. Supp. 2d 1270,
1272 (M.D. Ala. 2012).

Upon
GRANTED.

due consideration, Plaintiffs' motion (Doc. 121) is
Dr. Matthew W. Norman shall be permitted to evaluate

Plaintiff Cameron Maddox as soon as practicable.

ORDER ENTERED at Augusta, Georgia, this

day of May,

2019.

J. RAN-BjyU-jfALL,/CHIEF JUDGE

UNITED^TATES DISTRICT COURT
f^N DISTRICT OF GEORGIA

1 In Bonner v. City of Prichard, Ala., 661 F.2d 1206, 1209 (11th Cir. 1981) (en
banc), the 11th Circuit adopted as binding precedent all decisions of the former
Fifth Circuit handed down prior to September 30, 1981.