Prigge v. Woods Cross Police Department et al
Filing
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MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER denying 3 Motion for Service of Process. Signed by Magistrate Judge Brooke C. Wells on 4/12/16 (alt)
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF UTAH, CENTRAL DIVISION
Diane R. Prigge,
Plaintiff,
MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER
DENYING MOTION FOR SERVICE OF
PROCESS
v.
Case No. 2:16-cv-00140-JNP-BCW
Woods Cross Police Department, et al.,
District Judge Jill Parrish
Defendants.
Magistrate Judge Brooke Wells
Plaintiff filed a Complaint against the Woods Cross Police Department and other
Defendants on March 28, 2016. 1 Ms. Prigge moves the court for service of process based upon
28 U.S.C. § 1915 (IFP statute). 2 As set forth below the court denies the motion.
In her Complaint, Plaintiff alleges she was handing out copies of her resume to local
businesses around the area when she was “abducted form the Hampton Inn.” 3 Certain Woods
Cross police officers allegedly showed up at her door and arrested her without a warrant. 4 Ms.
Prigge then had to leave behind certain belongings when she left with the police. Ms. Prigge
“was not booked, nor finger printed but given food inside a jail cell for two days.” 5 According to
Ms. Prigge, she never received her cell phone back after it went missing. 6 Plaintiff also makes
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Docket no. 4.
2
Docket no. 3. See 28 U.S.C. 1915 (d) (“The officers of the court shall issue and serve all process, and perform all
duties in such cases.”).
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Complaint p. 2.
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Id. p. 2-4.
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Id. p. 4.
6
Id. p. 5.
allegations against a court in New Jersey and Judge Andrea Carter who failed to correctly record
Ms. Prigge’s daughter’s date of birth. 7
Upon initially filing this case Plaintiff sought leave to proceed in forma pauperis. 8
Approximately one month later, however, Plaintiff paid the filing fee and filed her Complaint. 9
The court never granted Plaintiff IFP status and found her motion for leave to proceed in forma
pauperis moot because she paid the required filing fee. 10 In her motion Ms. Prigge states the
“court has already approved my application to file the matter in forma pauperis” 11 and on that
basis requests service of process. It appears Ms. Prigge used a standardized form to file her
motion for official service of process under 28 U.S.C. 1915, but the court never approved her
request to proceed in forma pauperis. 12 Therefore Ms. Prigge’s motion for service of process
must fail.
Because Ms. Prigge is not proceeding in forma pauperis and because it appears she could
afford to pay the costs associated with serving Defendants, the court DENIES her motion for
official service of process.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED this 12 April 2016.
Brooke C. Wells
United States Magistrate Judge
7
Id. p. 6.
8
Docket no. 1.
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Docket no. 4.
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Docket no. 6.
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Mtn. p. 1.
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Docket no. 3.
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