Odom v. South Carolina, State of

Filing 21

ORDER directing Clerk not to authorize service. Signed by Magistrate Judge Kaymani D West on 12/5/2013. (mcot, )

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Christopher Odom,
Plaintiff,
vs.
State of South Carolina; Family Court Case #
183442/#950R1005342, Claim Date 10-29-10, Judge
Garfinkel, seal on 10-29-10; State of South Carolina
Taxpayers; People of Charleston Taxpayers; Charleston
County Public Defenders Office; Sheriff Al Cannon
Employees; Sheriff Al Cannon; Sheriff Al Cannon Detention
Center; City of Charleston Taxpayers; City of Charleston
Taxpayers/Mayor Riley; City of N. Charleston Taxpayers;
City of N. Charleston Taxpayers/Mayor K. Summey; City of
Charleston Police Department; City of N. Charleston Police
Department; Department of Social Services S.C.; S.O. G. of
Sheriff Al Cannon Detention Center; Governor Nickki Haley;
South Carolina Department of Mental Health; G. Werber
Bryan Psychological Hospital; Dr. Ferlanto, M.U.S.C.; Dr.
Griswald, M.U.S.C.; Crafts Farrow State Hospital; SCDMH
Employees; SCDMH Staff; SCDMH Security; SCDMH
Health Care Providers; D.H.E.C.; Champus; The Medical
University of South Carolina; Just Care; G.E.O.; Charleston
County Solicitors Office; United States District Court
(various case numbers); Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
(various case numbers); United States Supreme Court
(various case numbers); South Carolina Court of Appeals
(various case numbers); Dr. Russell Keith; Dr. J. Bennice; the
Defendants Liability Insurance Policyholder; Alan Wilson,
Attorney General; Albert Pierce, Atty of SCDMH; South
Carolina Taxpayers/S.C. State Treasury,
Defendants.
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This is a civil action filed by a pro se litigant appearing in forma pauperis. Under Local
Civil Rule 73.02(B)(2) of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, pretrial
proceedings in this action have been referred to the assigned United States Magistrate Judge. By
Order dated October 15, 2013, Plaintiff was given a specific time frame in which to bring this case
into proper form. Plaintiff has submitted his response to the court’s Order, and this Order is the

result of those submissions.
MOTION FOR ISSUANCE OF SUBPOENA:
Plaintiff asks the court to issue subpoenas for various school, medical, business, and court
records for his use in a social security claim and this case. In light of the conclusions contained in
the Report and Recommendation issued contemporaneously with this Order, Plaintiff’s Motion for
Issuance of Subpoena, ECF No. 10, is denied without prejudice.
TO THE CLERK OF COURT:
Based on the caption of the Amended Complaint (ECF No. 18), the Clerk is directed to add
the following names to the lists of Defendants on the court’s docket: Alan Wilson, Attorney General
of South Carolina; Albert Pierce, Atty of SCDMH, and South Carolina Taxpayers/S.C. State
Treasury.
The Clerk of Court is directed not to issue any summonses or forward this matter to the
United States Marshal for service of process at this time.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

December 5, 2013
Florence, South Carolina

Kaymani D. West
United States Magistrate Judge

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