MAMON v. CRAIG et al

Filing 42

Entry Denying Plaintiff's Motion to Add a New Party and Granting Plaintiff's Motion for Time - **SEE ENTRY FOR DETAILS**. Copy Mailed. Signed by Judge Tanya Walton Pratt on 6/2/2015. (MGG)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA
INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION

KEVIN J. MAMON,
Plaintiff,
vs.
ANDY CRAIG, VICKI MOORE,
MICHAEL SHEPHERD, HANCOCK
COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT,
Defendants.

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Case No. 1:14-cv-00428-TWP-DML

Entry Denying Plaintiff’s Motion to Add a New Party
and Granting Plaintiff’s Motion for Time
The court, having considered the above action and the matters which are pending, makes
the following rulings:
1.

The plaintiff’s motion to add Jordan Conley as a defendant [dkt. 37] is denied. The

reason for this ruling is that the time to file an amended pleading, see dkt. 16, passed on July 29,
2014, nearly nine months prior to the filing of this motion. The plaintiff argues that he was unable
to previously identify Conley and that he only learned that Conley allegedly enabled the July 23,
2012, assault on the plaintiff by other inmates after reviewing the defendants’ motion for summary
judgment. This argument is without merit because this Court’s records reflect that the plaintiff
named Jordan Conley as a defendant in two prior civil actions: Mamon v. Shepherd, et al., No.
1:13-cv-00345-JMS-DML (alleging that all defendants violated his right to personal security
related to a July 23, 2012, attack) and Mamon v. Garrity, et al., No. 1:13-cv-001740 WTL-TAB.

In addition, the defendants report that they provided the plaintiff with documents which reflect
Jordan Conley’s post-incident knowledge of the July 23, 2012, fight prior to the deadline to amend.
Under these circumstances there is no reason to extend the deadline to add new parties to this civil
action.
2.

The plaintiff’s motion for an extension of time to file his cross motion for summary

judgment [dkt. 39] is granted to the extent that the cross motion filed on May 26, 2015, is
considered timely filed.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

Date: 6/2/2015

Distribution:
KEVIN J. MAMON
DOC 190764
INDIANA STATE PRISON
Inmate Mail/Parcels
One Park Row
MICHIGAN CITY, IN 46360
All Electronically Registered Counsel