Wygocki v. Lawson et al

Filing 15

ORDER Amending Docket to Correct Spelling of Defendant Dr. Larson's name and Directing Service as to Defendant Dr. Larson - Signed by Magistrate Judge Mona K. Majzoub. (LBar)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION

DAVID WYGOCKI,
Plaintiff,
v.
DR. LAWSON, et al.,

CIVIL ACTION NO. 15-cv-12488
DISTRICT JUDGE ARTHUR J. TARNOW
MAGISTRATE JUDGE MONA K. MAJZOUB

Defendants.
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ORDER AMENDING DOCKET TO CORRECT SPELLING OF DEFENDANT
LARSON’S NAME AND DIRECTING SERVICE AS TO DEFENDANT LARSON
Plaintiff filed this pro se prisoner civil rights action on July 13, 2015, pursuant to 42
U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that Defendants Dr. Lawson and Nurse Daughters were deliberately
indifferent to his serious medical needs in violation of the Eighth Amendment to the United
States Constitution. (Docket no. 1.) This action has been referred to the undersigned for all
pretrial purposes. (Docket no. 12.)
In letters filed on July 27, 2015 and August 13, 2015, Plaintiff informed the Court that he
misspelled one of the defendants’ names in his Complaint. (Docket nos. 7 and 8.) Specifically,
Plaintiff indicated that he incorrectly named Dr. Lawson, rather than Dr. Larson, as a defendant
in this matter. (Id.) Soon thereafter, the Court received notice from Corizon Health that it did
not employ Dr. Lawson and that it was therefore unable to accept service of the Complaint on
Dr. Lawson’s behalf. (Docket no. 9.) Accordingly, the Court will construe Plaintiff’s Complaint
(docket no. 1) to name Dr. Larson as a defendant, order that the docket in this matter be amended

to reflect the correct spelling of Defendant Dr. Larson’s name, and direct the United States
Marshals Service to serve the Complaint on Defendant Dr. Larson.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the docket in this matter, including the case
caption, be amended to reflect the correct spelling of Defendant Dr. Larson’s name.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the U.S. Marshals Service serve the Complaint and a
copy of this Order on Defendant Dr. Larson without prepayment of costs. The U.S. Marshals
Service may collect the usual and customary costs from Plaintiff after effecting service.

NOTICE TO THE PARTIES
Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(a), the parties have a period of fourteen days from the date
of this Order within which to file any written appeal to the District Judge as may be permissible
under 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1).

Dated: May 3, 2016

s/ Mona K. Majzoub
MONA K. MAJZOUB
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

PROOF OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that a copy of this Order was served upon Plaintiff David Wygocki and
counsel of record on this date.
Dated: May 3, 2016

s/ Lisa C. Bartlett
Case Manager

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