Hatfield v. Missouri Department of Corrections et al

Filing 28

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiffs motion to add a party # 27 is denied. Signed by District Judge Rodney W. Sippel on 2/19/15. (ARL)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
EASTERN DIVISION
BILLY HATFIELD.,
Plaintiffs,
vs.
MISSOURI DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS,
et al.,
Defendants.

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Case No. 4:14 CV 1820 RWS

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

This matter is before me on plaintiffs’ second motion to amend his complaint to add an
additional defendant. Plaintiff’s previous motion was denied as it was not accompanied by a
proposed amended complaint. Plaintiff’s second motion is also not accompanied by a proposed
amended complaint and so it will also be denied. As with his first motion, plaintiff seeks to
substitute for a Jane Doe nurse in his complaint. This request will be denied as I have already
dismissed the Jane Does from this lawsuit for the reasons stated in my November 18, 2014,
Memorandum and Order, and plaintiff’s motion does not state an adequate basis for
reconsidering this decision. At most, plaintiff’s second motion to amend his complaint
complains of mere negligence by Nurse Zerr, which I have previously explained is not sufficient
to state a claim for medical mistreatment.
Accordingly,

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s motion to add a party # [27] is denied.

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RODNEY W. SIPPEL
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Dated this day of February, 2015.

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