Jones #221006 v. Finco et al

Filing 16

AMENDED ORDER REGARDING SERVICE: within 14 days, plaintiff Jones shall file a copy of this order and sufficient additional copies of the complaint for service upon defendants; upon receipt of the copies, the Clerk is to arrange for service of this or der and the complaint upon the defendants; signed by Magistrate Judge Phillip J. Green; this document appears in the following associated cases: 1:14-cv-01035-PLM-PJG, 1:14-cv-01057-PLM-PJG, 1:14-cv-01153-PLM-PJG(Magistrate Judge Phillip J. Green, jkw)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION

CURTIS LEWIS JONES et al.,
Plaintiffs,

Case No. 1:14-cv-1035

v.

Honorable Paul L. Maloney

TOM FINCO et al.,
Defendants.
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ORDER FOR SERVICE
This is a consolidated prisoner civil rights action filed by nine Plaintiffs. The Court
has conducted an initial review of the consolidated complaint (docket #10) under 28 U.S.C.
§1915(e), §1915A and 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(c), to determine whether it is frivolous, malicious, fails
to state a claim upon which relief can be granted or seeks monetary relief against a defendant that
is immune from such relief. Upon initial review, the Court concludes that the complaint is not
subject to dismissal for any of the reasons listed above. Therefore:
IT IS ORDERED that in accordance with Administrative Order No. 03-029, the Clerk
shall return to Plaintiff Jones with a copy of this order one copy of the consolidated complaint
(docket #10).1
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that immediately upon receipt of this order, Plaintiff
Jones shall request that the prison make five (5) copies of the complaint and exhibits for service
upon Defendants. Plaintiff is responsible for the cost of the copies. If Plaintiff does not have

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In light of the voluminous and overlapping attachments filed by Plaintiffs in the three consolidated actions,
the Court will not order service of the attachments. Defendants may access the attachments to docket ##1, 9, 10, 11 and
12 through the Court’s case electronic docketing system.

sufficient funds to pay for the copies, the Michigan Department of Corrections provides loans for
legal copies. See Mich. Dep’t of Corr., Policy Directive 05.03.116.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that within fourteen days of this order, Plaintiff Jones
shall file with the Court the requisite number of copies of the consolidated complaint along with a
copy of this order OR an affidavit explaining why Plaintiff is unable to provide the requested copies
within the fourteen-day period. Should the Court find that the prison failed to make copies upon
Plaintiff’s request, the Court will direct the Clerk to make such copies as may be necessary and to
charge the Michigan Department of Corrections for the cost of copying at the Court’s usual rate of
$.50 per page.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff Jones’s failure to submit the requested
copies within the time provided by the Court or an affidavit explaining why he is unable to provide
the requested copies may result in the dismissal of his action without prejudice by the Court.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that upon receipt of the copies required by this order,
the Clerk shall forward the complaint to the U.S. Marshals Service, which is authorized to mail a
request for waiver of service to Defendants in the manner prescribed by Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(d)(2). If
waiver of service is unsuccessful, summons shall issue and be forwarded to the U.S. Marshals
Service for service under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d).
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendants shall file an appearance of counsel
(individual Defendants may appear pro se if they do not have counsel) within 21 days of service or,
in the case of a waiver of service, 60 days after the waiver of service was sent. Until so ordered by
the Court, no Defendant is required to file an answer or motion in response to the complaint, and no
default will be entered for failure to do so. See 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(g)(1). After a Defendant has filed

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an appearance, proceedings in this case will be governed by the Court’s Standard Case Management
Order in a Prisoner Civil Rights Case.

Dated: December 29, 2014

/s/ Phillip J. Green
Phillip J. Green
United States Magistrate Judge

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