Kennedy v. Curtis et al

Filing 32

ORDER Directing Attorney General's Office to Submit Address of Defendant Thomas to Court Under Seal. Signed by Magistrate Judge Donald A Scheer. (MLan)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION JOHNNY KENNEDY, Plaintiff, vs. BRUCE L. CURTIS, et.al., Defendants. _________________________/ ORDER DIRECTING ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE TO SUBMIT ADDRESS OF NICHOLAS THOMAS UNDER SEAL IN ORDER TO EFFECTUATE SERVICE OF PROCESS Plaintiff, who has not been granted in forma pauperis status, has filed four motions to extend the time to serve the defendants. He has succeeded in serving three of four named defendants to date. On January 25, 2010, the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) notified the Court that Mr. Nicholas Thomas, the last remaining unserved defendant, no longer is employed by the department. For security reasons, the MDOC does not provide home addresses of former employees to prisoners (Docket #31). In order to facilitate service of process, the Court ORDERS the Attorney General's Office to submit the address of Nick Thomas to the court under seal in order that service of process can be mailed to him. Once the address is received, the United States Marshal will be ordered to serve the appropriate papers in this case on the above-named defendant without prepayment of the costs for such service. The Marshal may collect the usual and customary costs from Plaintiff after effecting service. SO ORDERED. s/Donald A.Scheer DONALD A. SCHEER UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE DATED: February 12, 2010 CIVIL ACTION NO. 08-10267 DISTRICT JUDGE ARTHUR J. TARNOW MAGISTRATE JUDGE DONALD A. SCHEER

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify on February 12, 2010 that I electronically filed the foregoing paper with the Clerk of the Court sending notification of such filing to all counsel registered electronically. I hereby certify that a copy of this paper was mailed to the following nonregistered ECF participants on February 12, 2010: Johnny Kennedy. s/Michael E. Lang Deputy Clerk to Magistrate Judge Donald A. Scheer [phone]