Howard v. Grierson et al

Filing 19

ORDER - The Clerk is directed to serve a copy of the 8 Complaint and this order electronically upon the Attorney General's Office for the State of Nevada. The AG's office shall file notice with the court regarding representation and servi ce as outlined in the order within 21 days.Service must be perfected within 90 days of the date of this Order.A copy of this order shall be delivered to the Plaintiff (attached herein). See Order for additional instruction and detail. Signed by Magistrate Judge Elayna J. Youchah on 4/28/2021. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - DRS)

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1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 3 *** 4 REGINALD C. HOWARD, 5 Plaintiff, 6 v. 7 Case No. 2:19-cv-00749-APG-EJY STEVEN D. GRIERSON, et al., 8 ORDER Defendants. 9 10 This action began with a pro se civil rights complaint filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by 11 a state prisoner. The Court entered a Screening Order on November 3, 2020, and imposed a 90-day 12 stay to allow the parties an opportunity to settle their dispute. ECF No. 9. The Court subsequently 13 entered an Order in which the parties were assigned to the inmate mediation by a court-appointed 14 mediator. ECF No. 11. On March 1, 2021, the Office of the Attorney General filed a status report 15 indicating that settlement was not reached and informing the Court of its intent to proceed with this 16 action. ECF No. 15. On March 3, 2021, the Court entered an Order denying Plaintiff’s application 17 to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 3) and ordered Plaintiff to pay the full filing fee on or before 18 April 2, 2021. ECF No. 16. Plaintiff subsequently paid the full filing fee in this matter. 1 ECF No. 19 18. 20 IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that: 21 1. The Clerk of the Court shall electronically SERVE a copy of this Order and a copy 22 of Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint (ECF No. 8) on the Office of the Attorney General of the 23 State of Nevada, by adding the Attorney General of the State of Nevada to the docket sheet. This 24 does not indicate acceptance of service. 2. 25 26 Service must be perfected within ninety (90) days from the date of this Order pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m). 27 28 1 The Finance Division of the Clerk’s Office has confirmed receipt of Plaintiff’s filing fee. 1 3. Subject to the findings of the Screening Order (ECF No. 9), within twenty-one (21) 2 days of the date of entry of this Order, the Attorney General’s Office shall file a notice advising the 3 Court and Plaintiff of: (a) the names of the defendants for whom it accepts service; (b) the names of 4 the defendants for whom it does not accept service, and (c) the names of the defendants for whom it 5 is filing the last-known-address information under seal. As to any of the named defendants for whom 6 the Attorney General’s Office cannot accept service, the Attorney General’s Office shall file, under 7 seal, and shall not serve Plaintiff, the last known address(es) of those defendant(s) for whom it has 8 such information. If the last known address of the defendant(s) is a post office box, the Attorney 9 General’s Office shall attempt to obtain and provide the last known physical address(es). 10 4. If service cannot be accepted for any of the named defendant(s), Plaintiff shall file a 11 motion identifying the unserved defendant(s), requesting issuance of a summons, and specifying a 12 full name and address for the defendant(s). For the defendant(s) as to which the Attorney General’s 13 Office has not provided last-known-address information, Plaintiff shall provide the full name and 14 address for the defendant(s). 15 5. If the Attorney General’s Office accepts service of process for any named 16 defendant(s), such defendant(s) shall file and serve an answer or other responsive pleading to the 17 First Amended Complaint (ECF No. 8) within sixty (60) days from the date of this Order. 18 6. Plaintiff shall serve upon defendant(s) or, if an appearance has been entered by 19 counsel, upon their attorney(s), a copy of every pleading, motion or other document submitted for 20 consideration by the Court. If Plaintiff electronically files a document with the Court’s electronic- 21 filing system, no certificate of service is required. Fed. R. Civ. P. 5(d)(1)(B); Nev. Loc. R. IC 4- 22 1(b); Nev. Loc. R. 5-1. However, if Plaintiff mails the document to the Court, Plaintiff shall include 23 with the original document submitted for filing a certificate stating the date that a true and correct 24 copy of the document was mailed to the defendants or counsel for the defendants. If counsel has 25 entered a notice of appearance, Plaintiff shall direct service to the individual attorney named in the 26 notice of appearance, at the physical or electronic address stated therein. The Court may disregard 27 28 Page 2 of 3 1 any document received by a district judge or magistrate judge which has not been filed with the 2 Clerk, and any document received by a district judge, magistrate judge, or the Clerk which fails to 3 include a certificate showing proper service when required. 4 7. This case is no longer stayed. 5 DATED this 28th day of April, 2021. 6 7 8 9 ELAYNA J. YOUCHAH UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Page 3 of 3

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