Duncan v. McDaniel

Filing 10

ORDER INSTRUCTING CLERK TO CLOSE CASE. Clerk to docket 1 Complaint as Amended Complaint in case 1:17-cv-235, transfer pending motions 7 and 8 to 1:17-cv-235, and vacate 5 Order directing monthly payments. Signed by Chief Judge Frank D. Whitney on 04/10/2018. (Pro se litigant served by US Mail.) (ni)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
ASHEVILLE DIVISION
1:17-cv-315-FDW
GARY LEON DUNCAN,

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Plaintiff,
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vs.
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RONNA ROMNEY McDANIEL,
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Defendant.
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ORDER

THIS MATTER is before the Court on initial review of Plaintiff’s Complaint, filed under
42 U.S.C. § 1983, (Doc. No. 1). Also pending are Plaintiff’s “Request” for the appointment of
counsel, (Doc. No. 7), and Motion for Jury Trial, (Doc. No. 8). Plaintiff is proceeding in forma
pauperis. See (Doc. No. 5).
On August 7, 2017, pro se Plaintiff Gary Leon Duncan filed a civil rights Complaint
pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, that was docketed in case number 1:17-cv-235-FDW. At that time,
he was a pretrial detainee at the New River Valley Regional Jail in Dublin, Virginia. He alleged
that he had been released from the Avery Mitchell Correctional Institution without a proper
N.C.I.S. search for outstanding warrants despite his request, obtained a home and job, and was
subsequently arrested on the outstanding warrants that should have been discovered before his
release. On October 23, 2017, the Court dismissed the Complaint for facial insufficiency and
provided Plaintiff 30 days within which to file an Amended Complaint. (1:17-cv-235, Doc. No.
20).
Plaintiff filed a new § 1983 Complaint on November 14, 2017, (Doc. No. 1), that was not
entitled “Amended Complaint” and did not refer to case number 1:17-cv-235. Accordingly, it was

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opened in the instant new civil case.
It is apparent that Plaintiff intended the November 14, 2017, pleading to serve as his
Amended Complaint in case number 1:17-cv-315.
IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that:
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The Clerk is instructed to docket the Complaint, (Doc. No. 1), as the Amended
Complaint in case number 1:17-cv-235.

2.

The Clerk is instructed to transfer the pending motions, (Doc. Nos. 7, 8) to case
number 1:17-cv-235.

3.

The Order Requiring Initial Partial Payment and Directing the Correctional Facility
to Transmit Payment, (Doc. No. 5), is VACATED.

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The Clerk is instructed to close the instant case.
Signed: April 10, 2018

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