SNIDER v. WITTIG et al
Filing
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MEMORANDUM ORDER. Plaintiff's Objections 82 are treated as a Motion for Reconsideration of the Court's Orders dated November 15, 2019 67 and November 20, 2019 72 and said Motion is GRANTED. The Court's Order dated November 15, 20 19 67 , which granted Plaintiff's Amended Motion for Leave to Supplement the Complaint but docketed the supplement as an Amended Complaint, is VACATED. Plaintiff's Amended Motion for Leave to Supplement the Complaint 66 is GRANTED. The C lerk of Court is DIRECTED to STRIKE the Amended Complaint at ECF No. 71 and to FILE the Supplementary Complaint at ECF No. 66-1 as a Supplement to Complaint. Plaintiff's Supplementary Complaint is not a replacement, but rather an addition, to hi s Complaint at ECF No. 14. The Court's Order dated November 20, 2019 72 , which granted in part and denied in part Plaintiff's Motion to Correct Docket, is VACATED. Plaintiff's Motion to Correct Docket 70 is GRANTED in part and DENI ED in part as follows. The Motion is GRANTED to the extent that the Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to STRIKE Plaintiff's Notice of Withdrawal of Class Claims at ECF No. 64. However, the Motion is DENIED to the extent that Plaintiff requests the Cler k to file the Notice of Withdrawal of Class Claims in his other case, 18-735. If Plaintiff wishes to file his Notice in 18-735 then he should refile it in that case. The Partial Motion to Dismiss 77 and Motion to Dismiss 79 are DISMISSED as moot in light of Plaintiff's Supplement. The deadline to answer or otherwise respond to Plaintiff's Complaint and Supplement thereto is stayed until after the remaining Defendants have been served. The Clerk of Court is directed to unterminate/r einstate the following Defendants: Dr. Robert Wittig, Dr. Pushkalai Pillai, Shelly Mankey, Tracy Shreeve, Frederick Waine, Mark Wahl, United States, US District for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and Unknown Defendant Two. The Clerk of Court is directed to have the Complaint and Supplement thereto served on the following unserved Defendants: Dr. Robert Wittig, United States, US District for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Capt. Schrader, CO Collins, CO King, CO Sanders, CO Adamson, CO Jones, CO McCombie, M. Smith, T. Funk, S. Fazzini, HEX Kerns-Barr, CHEX Dupont, CHEX Boyd, K. Falcione, J. Capra, J. Bert, D. Sacks, R. Alvarez, C. Stevens, C. Wettgen, Counselor Burris, D. Davis, N. Jamison, Dr. Pillai, Dr. Shiehk, A. West, and SCI Greene. Signed by Magistrate Judge Lisa Pupo Lenihan on December 18, 2019. (kcc)
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
JOEL SNIDER,
Plaintiff,
v.
DR. ROBERT WITTIG, et al.,
Defendants.
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Civil Action No. 18 – 703
District Judge David S. Cercone
Magistrate Judge Lisa Pupo Lenihan
MEMORANDUM ORDER
This case is before the Court on Plaintiff’s Objections to Magistrate Decisions Regarding
Filing of Supplementary Complaint and Correction of the Docket (“Objections,” ECF No. 82.)
In his Objections, Plaintiff expresses confusion over why his filing, entitled “Supplementary
Complaint,” was filed as an Amended Complaint. (Compare ECF No. 66 with 67.) Plaintiff
states that his Supplementary Complaint was filed “with the intention of supplementing the
claims and defendants and as a way to help clarify the original complaint and to address the
defendants’ motions to dismiss.” (Objections at p.4.)
In light of Plaintiff’s clarifications, the undersigned has reviewed Plaintiff’s filings
related to his Supplementary Complaint and the Orders following the filing of that pleading. The
filing of Plaintiff’s Supplementary Complaint as an Amended Complaint was error and treatment
of his pleading as a supplement to his original Complaint (ECF No. 14) requires the Court to
vacate a number of its rulings. Therefore, this 18th day of December, 2019, IT IS ORDERED
that:
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1. Plaintiff’s Objections (ECF No. 82) are treated as a Motion for Reconsideration of the
Court Orders dated November 15, 2019 (ECF No. 67) and November 20, 2019 (ECF
No. 72) and said Motion is GRANTED.
2. The Court’s Order dated November 15, 2019 (ECF No. 67), which granted Plaintiff’s
Amended Motion for Leave to Supplement the Complaint but docketed the
supplement as an Amended Complaint, is VACATED.
3. Plaintiff’s Amended Motion for Leave to Supplement the Complaint (ECF No. 66) is
GRANTED. The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to STRIKE the Amended
Complaint at ECF No. 71 and to FILE the Supplementary Complaint at ECF No. 66-1
as a Supplement to Complaint. Plaintiff’s Supplementary Complaint is not a
replacement, but rather an addition, to his Complaint at ECF No. 14.
4. The Court’s Order dated November 20, 2019 (ECF No. 72), which granted in part and
denied in part Plaintiff’s Motion to Correct Docket, is VACATED.
5. Plaintiff’s Motion to Correct Docket (ECF No. 70) is GRANTED in part and
DENIED in part as follows. The Motion is GRANTED to the extent that the Clerk
of Court is DIRECTED to STRIKE Plaintiff’s Notice of Withdrawal of Class
Claims (ECF No. 64) from the docket. However, the Motion is DENIED to the
extent that Plaintiff requests the Clerk to file the Notice of Withdrawal of Class
Claims in his other case, 18-735. If Plaintiff wishes to file his Notice in 18-735 then
he should refile it in that case.
6. The Partial Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 77) and Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 79) are
DISMISSED as moot in light of Plaintiff’s Supplement. The deadline to answer or
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otherwise respond to the Complaint and Supplement thereto is stayed until after the
remaining Defendants are served.
7. The Clerk of Court is directed to unterminated/reinstate the following Defendants: Dr.
Robert Wittig, Dr. Pushkalai Pillai, Shelly Mankey, Tracy Shreeve, Frederick Waine,
Mark Wahl, United States, US District for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, and
Unknown Defendant Two.
8. The Clerk of Court is directed to have the Complaint and Supplement served on the
following unserved Defendants: Dr. Robert Wittig, United States, US District for the
Middle District of Pennsylvania, Capt. Schrader, CO Collins, CO King, CO Sanders,
CO Adamson, CO Jones, CO McCombie, M. Smith, T. Funk, S. Fazzini, HEX KernsBarr, CHEX Dupont, CHEX Boyd, K. Falcione, J. Capra, J. Bert, D. Sacks, R.
Alvarez, C. Stevens, C. Wettgen, Counselor Burris, D. Davis, N. Jamison, Dr. Pillai,
Dr. Shiehk, A. West, and SCI Greene.
/s/ Lisa Pupo Lenihan
Lisa Pupo Lenihan
United States Magistrate Judge
Cc:
Joel Snider
KZ8124
SCI Houtzdale
P.O. Box 1000
Houtzdale, PA 16698-1000
Counsel of record
(Via CM/ECF electronic mail)
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