Scott v. Taitano et al

Filing 27

ORDER granting 26 Motion to Identify Unserved Defendant. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that within 21 days of the date of entry of this order (5/31/2024), the Attorney General's Office shall file notice advising the Court and Plaintiff of whether it can or cannot accept service on behalf of Defendant Michael Ortzel. Signed by Magistrate Judge Carla Baldwin on 5/10/2024. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - DLS)

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1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 3 *** 4 JAMES EDWARD SCOTT, III, 5 Case No. 3:23-CV-00263-ART-CLB 6 v. ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO IDENTIFY TRUE NAME OF DEFENDANT MICHAEL ORTZEL 7 TAITANO, et al., [ECF No. 26] Plaintiff, 8 Defendants. 9 On March 25, 2024, Defendants filed their notice of acceptance of service and 10 stated that the Office of the Attorney General (“OAG”) could not accept service for “Ortzel” 11 as the true identity of the Defendant was not known at that time. (ECF No. 17.) Plaintiff 12 James Edward Scott filed two separate motions requesting that the OAG take additional 13 steps to identify the unserved defendant. (ECF Nos. 18, 20.) The Court denied the 14 motions and directed Plaintiff to file a motion identifying a specific name for the defendant. 15 (ECF Nos. 19, 22.) 16 Plaintiff has now filed a motion identifying the unserved defendant and has 17 provided more specific information as to Defendant Ortzel, who he names as “Michael 18 Ortzel”. (ECF No. 26.) Thus, Plaintiff has provided additional information in compliance 19 with this Court’s prior orders. 20 21 Therefore, IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff’s motion to identify unserved defendant, (ECF No. 26), is GRANTED. 22 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that within 21 days of the date of entry of this order, 23 the Attorney General’s Office shall file notice advising the Court and Plaintiff of whether it 24 can or cannot accept service on behalf of Defendant Michael Ortzel. If the Attorney 25 General’s Office cannot accept service on behalf of Michael Ortzel, the Office shall file, 26 under seal, but shall not serve on Plaintiff, the last known address of Michael Ortzel, if it 27 has such information. If the last known address of Michael Ortzel is a post office box, the 28 Attorney General's Office shall attempt to obtain and provide the last known physical 1 address. If service cannot be accepted for Michael Ortzel, Plaintiff shall file a motion 2 requesting issuance of a summons, specifying a full name and address for Michael 3 Ortzel. If the Attorney General has not provided last-known-address information, Plaintiff 4 shall provide the full name and address for Michael Ortzel. 5 6 7 8 9 IT IS SO ORDERED. May 10, 2024 DATED: ________________ ___________ UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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