Harris v. Savannah Chatham Metropolitan Police Department

Filing 36

ORDER Directing Harris to amend his complaint within 30 days from the date of this order to identify the individual officers he contends subjected him to excessive force. (Amended Pleadings due by 8/12/2018.) Signed by Magistrate Judge G. R. Smith on 7/13/18. (jrb)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
SAVANNAH DIVISION
ERIC LATROY HARRIS,
Plaintiff,
v.
SCMPD (CNT AGENTS),
Defendants.

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FILED
Scott L. Poff, Clerk
United States District Court

By jburrell at 11:25 am, Jul 13, 2018

CV417-154

ORDER
After pro se plaintiff Eric Harris filed a § 1983 Complaint alleging
excessive force by several unnamed “SCMPD (CNT Agents),” the Court
directed limited discovery to ascertain the identities of those “agents.”1
See doc. 25. Defendants have produced several rounds of documents in
response to the Court’s Orders.2 See docs. 28 & 33. Based on the Court’s
review of the documents submitted, it appears that they contain the
names of the SWAT officers who participated in the execution of the
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As the Court’s previous Order noted, it appears that Harris’ original identification
of the officers as “CNT Agents” was mistaken; the officers involved were apparently
SWAT officers. See doc. 32 at 3 n. 1.
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The Court notes that preparing and providing the responses required greater effort
from counsel, R. Johnathan Hart and Jennifer R. Davenport, than is customary in
civil litigation. See, e.g., doc. 33 at 1 (noting that counsel acquired copies of a video
which was not in possession of their client). The Court appreciates their efforts.

search warrant, during which the alleged excessive force occurred. See
doc. 33 at 7-25 (narrative reports from SWAT officers).

Harris is,

therefore, DIRECTED to amend his Complaint to identify the individual
officers he contends subjected him to excessive force. See doc. 1 at 3. He
must file that amendment, by signing it and placing it within his
prison’s mail system, within 30 days from the date of this Order.
Failure to comply may result in dismissal. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 41.
SO ORDERED, this 13th day of July, 2018.

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