STOKES v. ARAMARK CORPORATION et al

Filing 18

MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER granting Plaintiff's request for an extension of time. Plaintiffs may have until December 4, 2020 to submit a proposed second amended complaint. Signed by Judge Noel L. Hillman on 11/17/2020. (tf, n.m.)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY

GEORGE STOKES, et al.,
Plaintiffs,

1:19-cv-20601 (NLH) (AMD)
MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER

v.
ARAMARK CORPORATION, et al.,
Defendants.

APPEARANCES:
George Stokes
260218
Atlantic County Jail
5060 Atlantic Ave.
Mays Landing, NJ 08330
David Dean, Jr.
275604
Atlantic County Jail
5060 Atlantic Ave.
Mays Landing, NJ 08330
Eddie J. Ward
274677
Atlantic County Jail
5060 Atlantic Ave.
Mays Landing, NJ 08330
Plaintiffs Pro se
HILLMAN, District Judge
WHEREAS, Plaintiffs George Stokes, David Dean Jr., and
Eddie Ward, pretrial detainees confined at the Atlantic County
Jail, filed an amended complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983
against Aramark Company and others for the quality of the food

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served at the county jail, see ECF No. 6; and
WHEREAS, the Court dismissed the amended complaint without
prejudice for failure to state a claim, ECF No. 16; and
WHEREAS, the Court granted Plaintiffs permission to move to
amend the complaint within 30 days, see id.; and
WHEREAS, Plaintiff Stokes filed a “motion to report
defendants’ misconduct and to request an extension of time” on
June 22, 2020, see ECF No. 57; and
WHEREAS, Plaintiff Stokes wrote to the Court requesting an
additional 30 days to file the second amended complaint, ECF No.
17; and
WHEREAS, the second amended complaint was previously due
October 29, 2020,
THEREFORE, IT IS on this

17th

day of November, 2020

ORDERED that Plaintiff’s request for an extension of time,
ECF No. 17, is granted.

Plaintiffs may have until December 4,

2020 to submit a proposed second amended complaint; and it is
finally
ORDERED that the Clerk shall send a copy of this order to
Plaintiffs by regular mail.

s/ Noel L. Hillman
NOEL L. HILLMAN, U.S.D.J.

At Camden, New Jersey

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