Glenn v. O'Neal et al

Filing 28

ORDER suspending all deadlines for service and for Defendants to respond. Signed by Magistrate Judge Brian K. Epps on 9/27/16. (cmr)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
DUBLIN DIVISION
KENNETH MARTIN GLENN,

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Plaintiff,
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v.
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MRS. K. WILLIAMS, Chief Counselor;
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MRS. WICKER HUMPHRIES, Counselor; )
SHAWN EMMONS, Warden; MRS. PRICE, )
Deputy Warden; MRS. BAKER, Counselor )
(Administration); JEFFREY WIGGINS,
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Sergeant; MR. O’NEAL, Unit Manager;
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GOVERNOR NATHAN DEAL; HOMER
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BRYSON, Commissioner GDC; JAMES
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DOE, JSP Deputy Warden Security;
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JAMES DOE, Person in Charge of Security )
at Johnson Prison; MRS. PERRY, Mental
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Health Counselor; JOHNSON STATE
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PRISON’S MEDICAL PROVIDER; JOHN )
DOE, JSP Medical Director; MR.
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JEFFERSON, Deputy Warden; MRS.
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ANDREWS/BODI, NA/PA; BRIAN DOE, )
Nurse; JOHNSON STATE PRISON’S
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PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT PROVIDER; )
and JOHN OR JANE DOE, Johnson State
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Prison’s Psychiatric Provider,
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Defendants.
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CV 316-029

ORDER
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Plaintiff, an inmate at Augusta State Medical Prison (“ASMP”) in Grovetown,
Georgia, filed the above-captioned case pro se. On September 9, 2016, the Court ordered
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The Court DIRECTS the Clerk to update the docket in accordance with the caption on

Plaintiff to amend his complaint on the standard form complaint used by incarcerated pro se
litigants in the Southern District of Georgia with no more than six handwritten pages
attached. (Doc. no. 25, pp. 9-10.) Plaintiff has now done so, more clearly delineating his
claims and adding additional Defendants. (See doc. no. 27.) Furthermore, Plaintiff has
attempted service on some of the original Defendants. (See doc. no. 26.)
The Court intends to undertake an initial screen of Plaintiff’s amended complaint
(doc. no. 27) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A (“The court shall review,
before docketing, if feasible or, in any event, as soon as practicable after docketing, a
complaint in a civil action in which a prisoner seeks redress from a governmental entity or
officer or employee of a governmental entity.”) Until it does so, the Court SUSPENDS all
deadlines for service and for Defendants to respond. The Court DIRECTS the Clerk to add
the Attorney General State of Georgia as a Notice Only Party on the docket with an e-mail of
[e-mail].
SO ORDERED this 27th day of September, 2016, at Augusta, Georgia.

this Order.
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