BROWN v. CANTINERI

Filing 9

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER granting Plaintiff's application for an extension of time to file a proposed second amended complaint that will be subject to screening w/in 30 days of the date of this Order. Signed by Judge Kevin McNulty on 1/13/16. (sr, )

UNITE]) STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY

STEVEN BROWN,
Plaintiff,

Civ. No. 14-639 1 (KM) (JBC)

V.

MELISSA CANTINERT,

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

Defendant.

Plaintiff, Steven Brown, is a pretrial detainee currently detained at the Passaic County
Jail in Paterson, New Jersey. lie is proceeding prose with a civil rights complaint filed pursuant
to 42 U.S.C.

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1983. On July 13, 2015, this Court screened Mr. Brown’s amended complaint

pursuant to 28 U.S.C.

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1915(e)(2)(B) and 1915A(b). The amended complaint was dismissed

without prejudice in part and with prejudice in part. Mr. Brown was given thirty days in which to
submit a proposed second amended complaint that addressed the deficiencies of the claims in his
amended complaint that were dismissed without prejudice.
Subsequently, Mr. Brown submitted an application for an extension of time to file a
proposed second amended complaint. (See Dkt. No. 8) Good cause being shown, Mr. Brown’s
application for an extension of time to submit a proposed second amended complaint will be
granted. Should Mr. Brown submit a proposed second amended complaint, it shall be subject to
screening, Should Mr. Brown choose not to submit a proposed second amended complaint in this
action, then this action will remain closed.
Accordingly, IT IS this 13th day of January, 2016,
ORDERET) that plaintiffs application for an extension of time to file a proposed second
amended complaint (Dkt. No. 8) is granted; and it is further

ORDEREI) that plaintiff may file a proposed second amended complaint that will he
subject to screening within thirty (30) days of the date of this Order.

KLVIN MCNULTY
United States District Judge

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