Jackson v. Department of Corrections Washington et al

Filing 26

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE directing Dr Kinslow to show cause within 14 days by Hon. Mary Alice Theiler. **2 PAGE(S), PRINT ALL**(Kyntrel Jackson, Prisoner ID: 355949)(RS) cc Dr Kinslow

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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KYNTREL T. JACKSON,
Plaintiff,

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Case No. C16-1856-RAJ-MAT
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v.
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
WASHINGTON, et al.,

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Defendants.

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This is a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights action. On May 18, 2017, the Court issued an Order

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directing the Clerk to serve plaintiff’s amended complaint on defendant C. Kinslow, DDS. (Dkt.

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23.) The service Order directed Dr. Kinslow to return the waiver of service within 30 days and to

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file an answer within 60 days of the date designated on the notice of lawsuit. (Id. at 2.) Dr.

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Kinslow timely returned the waiver of service (Dkt. 24), but the 60-day deadline has passed, and

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he has not filed an answer to plaintiff’s amended complaint.

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Accordingly, the Court ORDERS:

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(1)

Dr. Kinslow shall SHOW CAUSE within fourteen (14) days of the date this Order

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is signed why default should not be entered against him in this action for failure to timely respond

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to plaintiff’s amended complaint.

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(2)

The Clerk is directed to send copies of this Order to plaintiff, to Dr. Kinslow at the

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address provided in Docket 22, to counsel for the other defendants, and to the Honorable Richard

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A. Jones.

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Dated this 10th day of August, 2017.

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Mary Alice Theiler
United States Magistrate Judge

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