Kemp v. Skolnik et al

Filing 56

ORDER re 55 Letter for Status Request filed by Keith Kemp. Signed by Magistrate Judge Cam Ferenbach on 1/5/12. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - ECS)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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KEITH KEMP,
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Plaintiff,
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v.
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HOWARD SKOLNIK, et al.,
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Defendants.
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2:09-cv-02002-PMP -VCF
ORDER

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Before the court is pro se plaintiff Keith Kemp’s Letter Requesting Status of Case. (#55).

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Plaintiff is a prisoner at the Lovelock Correctional Center in Lovelock, Nevada. After screening

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plaintiff Kemp’s amended civil rights complaint (#47), the court ordered plaintiff Kemp to file an

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additional amended civil rights complaint that satisfied certain requirements (#49). On September 6,

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2011, plaintiff Kemp filed his amended civil rights complaint. (#53). November 14, 2011, the Clerk

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of the Court received a letter (#55) from plaintiff Kemp regarding the status of his amended complaint.

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In the letter, plaintiff Kemp inquires as to why plaintiff has not received a “notice of receipt” of his

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filing and as to the status of the screening of his amended complaint. (#55).

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With regards to the “notice of receipt,” the court is not required to notify plaintiff Kemp when

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it receives his filings. Pursuant to Local Rule 10-4, “persons appearing pro se who wish to receive a

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file-stamped copy of any pleading or other paper must submit one (1) additional copy, and if by mail,

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a self-addressed, postage paid envelope...” Plaintiff Kemp did not provide the court with an additional

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copy of his amended civil rights complaint, and the court will not send a file-stamped copy of the

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complaint to him absent an additional copy of the filing and a self-addressed envelope. LR 10-4.

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Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a), “[t]he court shall review, before docketing, if feasible or, in

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any event, as soon as practicable after docketing, a complaint in a civil action in which a prisoner seeks

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redress from a governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity.” As previously

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stated, plaintiff Kemp, a prisoner, has filed an amended civil rights complaint. (#53). Plaintiff Kemp’s

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amended civil rights complaint alleges claims against several employees of High Desert State Prison,

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Nevada Department of Corrections, and Ely State Prison. Id. Therefore, plaintiff Kemp’s amended

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civil rights complaint is currently being reviewed and screened under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). The

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screening process should be completed by the end of the month, and an appropriate order will be

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entered.

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Accordingly, and for good cause shown,

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IT IS ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall mail a copy of this order to plaintiff Keith

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Kemp (inmate #1023595) at the Lovelock Correctional Center, 1200 Prison Road, Lovelock, Nevada

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DATED this 5th day of January, 2012.

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CAM FERENBACH
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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