Edwards v. Griffin et al

Filing 60

OPINION AND ORDER: This case is STAYED until Scottie R. Edwards has filed and the court has screened his amended complaint as required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. Signed by Magistrate Judge Michael G Gotsch, Sr on 2/14/19. (ksp)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA
SOUTH BEND DIVISION
SCOTTIE R. EDWARDS,
Plaintiff,
v.

CAUSE NO.: 3:18-CV-155-JD-MGG

JOYCE RHODES, WILLIAM MARTIN,
and JOHN NALLY,
Defendants.
OPINION AND ORDER
Scottie R. Edwards, a prisoner without a lawyer, filed a document titled,
“Amended Complaint” (ECF 59) but, it is not an amended complaint. Rather, it is a
request that he be permitted to amend his complaint by interlineation to add a new
defendant. N.D. Ind. L.R. 15-1(b)(2) does not permit an amendment to incorporate
another pleading by reference. Nevertheless, he may file an amended complaint. To do
so he needs to obtain a Prisoner Complaint (INND Rev. 8/16) form from his prison law
library. He needs to complete the form and include the names of all of the defendants
he is trying to sue. He needs to include all of the claims he is trying to bring in this case.
He needs to explain what each defendant did or did not do which makes that
individual defendant financially liable to him. He needs to state when each of these acts
or omissions occurred.
For these reasons, this case is STAYED until Scottie R. Edwards has filed and the
court has screened his amended complaint as required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915A.

SO ORDERED this February 14, 2019.

s/Michael G. Gotsch, Sr.
Michael G. Gotsch, Sr.
United States Magistrate Judge

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