Myers v. Blackwell

Filing 15

ORDER : Plaintiff is once again advised that he must provide a copy of the Amended Complaint 12 , a summons and a Marshal service form for each defendant not yet served with process. Signed by Magistrate Judge Norah McCann King on 6/14/12. (rew)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
EASTERN DIVISION

MARVIN E. MYERS,
Plaintiff,

Civil Action 2:12-CV-255
Judge Graham
Magistrate Judge King

vs.

D. BLACKWELL,
Defendant.

ORDER

Plaintiff, a state inmate who was granted leave to proceed in forma
pauperis, has filed an amended complaint, Amended Complaint, Doc. No. 12,
which joins nine (9) new defendants.
not been served with process.

Those newly joined defendants have

Plaintiff recently filed a document that

suggests that plaintiff intends to submit only one copy of the Amended
Complaint for service on the nine newly joined defendants because they
“are

being

represented

by

the

Ohio

Attorney

General’s

Office.”

Submission of Complaint to Be Serve[d] to Defendant[s], Doc. No. 14.
Each newly joined defendant must be separately served with process.
Fed. R. Civ. P. 4.

It is only after proper service of process that

service of a filing on that party’s attorney is sufficient.

Fed. R. Civ.

P. 5(b)(1).
Plaintiff is once again advised that he must provide a copy of the
Amended

Complaint,

a

summons

and

a

Marshal

defendant not yet served with process.

service

form

for

each

His failure to timely effect

proper service of process on any defendant will result in the dismissal
of his claims against that defendant.

See Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m).

s/Norah McCann King
Norah McCann King
United States Magistrate Judge
DATE: June 14, 2012

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