Brown v. Department of Health & Human Services et al

Filing 13

ORDER - Plaintiff's Amended Complaint (Filing No. 11 ), construed as a motion to file an amended complaint, is granted. Pursuant to NECivR 15.1(b), such Amended Complaint shall be considered as supplemental to, rather than as superseding, Plain tiff's Complaint (Filing No. 1 ). Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (Filing No. 12 ) is denied as moot, as Plaintiff has already been given leave to do so in Filing No. 5 . The Clerk of Court shall reinstate as d efendants those whom it terminated upon the filing of Plaintiff's Amended Complaint. Initial review of Plaintiff's Complaint (Filing No. 1 ) and Amended Complaint (Filing No. 11 ) shall proceed in the court's normal course of business. Ordered by Senior Judge Richard G. Kopf. (Copy mailed to pro se party) (KLF)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA
CORNELIUS MEE MEE BROWN,
Plaintiff,
v.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH &
HUMAN SERVICES, SHERI
DAWSON, Director of Behavioral
Health, JOHN KROLL, Director of
Nursing at Norfolk Regional Center,
DIANE SCHUMACHER, Physician
Assistant at Norfolk Regional Center,
AMR BELTAGUI, Personal
Psychiatrist at Norfolk Regional
Center, and LINDA HANSEN, Unit
Supervisor at Norfolk Regional
Center,
Defendants.

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8:16CV569

ORDER

The court is in receipt of an Amended Complaint (Filing No. 11) and Motion
for Leave to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (Filing No. 12). The Amended Complaint,
filed without the court’s permission and not in compliance with NECivR 15.1, shall
be treated as a motion to file an amended complaint.
IT IS ORDERED:
1.
Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint (Filing No. 11), construed as a motion
to file an amended complaint, is granted;

2.
Pursuant to NECivR 15.1(b), such Amended Complaint shall be
considered as supplemental to, rather than as superseding, Plaintiff’s Complaint
(Filing No. 1);
3.
Plaintiff’s Motion for Leave to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (Filing No.
12) is denied as moot, as Plaintiff has already been given leave to do so in Filing No.
5;
4.
The Clerk of Court shall reinstate as defendants those whom it terminated
upon the filing of Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint; and
5.
Initial review of Plaintiff’s Complaint (Filing No. 1) and Amended
Complaint (Filing No. 11) shall proceed in the court’s normal course of business.
DATED this 3rd day of February, 2017.
BY THE COURT:
s/ Richard G. Kopf
Senior United States District Judge

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