Vice v. Kaemingk et al

Filing 42

ORDER granting 40 Motion to Introduce Evidence; denying 41 Motion to Include New Defendants on an Amended Complaint. Signed by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier on 4/6/2017. (JLS)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF SOUTH DAKOTA
SOUTHERN DIVISION
DERECK VICE,
a/k/a Dereck Vice,
a/k/a D. Vice,

4:16-CV-04127-KES

Plaintiff,
vs.
DR. MARY CARPENTER, LT. FITZU,
C/O BOYSEN, C/O ROBERT KIRVIN,
PA TAMMY TOP, DR. JOE HANVEY,
SGT. HERMANN, and CORRECTIONAL
OFFICER STOYNOV,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION
TO ENTER EVIDENCE AND DENYING
MOTION TO AMEND COMPLAINT

Defendants.
Plaintiff, Dereck Vice, filed a pro se civil rights lawsuit and now moves to
enter evidence. Docket 40. The motion is granted; the court will consider these
documents as an attachment to the complaint.
Vice also moves to add defendants and amend his complaint. Docket 41.
In this motion, Vice argues that certain defendants named in his amended
complaint should not have been dismissed. He also argues that the court
should allow him to add a party. Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15, a
party may amend its pleading once as a matter of course within 21 days after
serving it. “In all other cases, a party may amend its pleading only with the
opposing party’s written consent or the court’s leave. The court should freely
give leave when justice so requires.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(2).

Vice failed to follow the local rules which state:
[A]ny party moving to amend a pleading will attach a copy of the
proposed amended pleading to its motion to amend with the
proposed changes highlighted or underlined so that they may be
easily identified. If the court grants the motion, the moving party
will file a clean original of the amended pleading with the clerk of
court within 7 days.
D.S.D. Civ. LR 15.1.
If Vice wishes to amend his complaint, he must file a motion along with
a proposed amended complaint. Vice is warned that the court will not reverse
its previous decisions merely because he disagrees with them.
Thus, it is ORDERED
1. Vice’s motion to enter evidence (Docket 40) is granted.
2. Vice’s motion to include new defendants on an amended complaint
(Docket 41) is denied.
Dated April 6, 2017.
BY THE COURT:
/s/ Karen E. Schreier
KAREN E. SCHREIER
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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