Mahe v. State of Nevada et al

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ORDER that a decision on the IFP application (ECF No. 1 ) is deferred; Plaintiff will submit a complaint to this Court within 30 days; the Clerk will send Plaintiff the approved form § 1983 complaint with instructions and a copy of ECF No. 1 -1 emergency temporary restraining order (Attached hereto for distribution to P); if Plaintiff does not timely comply with this order, dismissal of this action may result. Signed by Magistrate Judge Carla Baldwin on 5/4/2020. (Attachments: # 1 1983 Complaint Form with instructions, # 2 ECF No. 1-1 ECF No. 1-1 Emergency Temporary Restraining Order)(Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - LW)

Case 3:20-cv-00261-MMD-CLB Document 3 Filed 05/04/20 Page 1 of 2

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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JASON A. MAHE,

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Plaintiff,

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Case No. 3:20-cv-00261-MMD-CLB
ORDER

v.
STATE OF NEVADA, et al.,

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Defendants.

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I.

DISCUSSION

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Plaintiff, who is an inmate in the custody of the Nevada Department of Corrections

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(“NDOC”), has filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis and has submitted an

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emergency temporary restraining order. (ECF Nos. 1, 1-1). Plaintiff has not filed a

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complaint in this matter.

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Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 3, “[a] civil action is commenced by

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filing a complaint with the court.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 3. As such, the Court grants Plaintiff

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thirty (30) days from the date of this order to submit a complaint to this Court. The Court

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will defer a decision on the application to proceed in forma pauperis until Plaintiff submits

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a proper initiating document for this case.

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II.

For the foregoing reasons, IT IS ORDERED that a decision on the application to

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proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 1) is deferred.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff will submit a complaint to this Court within

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CONCLUSION

thirty (30) days from the date of this order.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court will send to Plaintiff the

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approved form for filing a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint and instructions for the same. The

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Clerk of the Court will also send Plaintiff a copy of his emergency temporary restraining

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order (ECF No. 1-1).

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that if Plaintiff does not timely comply with this order,
dismissal of this action may result.
DATED: May 4, 2020.

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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