Williams v. Gage et al

Filing 117

ORDER granting Plaintiff's 111 Motion to Clarify: With respect to 1/18/2018, plaintiff alleges that early in the morning, he started feeling suicidal, so he filed an emergency grievance asking to be strapped down and staff strapped him do wn before he cut himself. (Dkt. # 1-1 at 22.) Plaintiff also describes being transferred from the infirmary to the intensive management unit against his wishes and that he began to cut himself within 45 minutes of his transfer, but he does not identify on which date this allegedly occurred. Signed by Hon. Mary Alice Theiler.**2 PAGE(S), PRINT ALL**(James Williams, Prisoner ID: 740600)(MW)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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JAMES ANTHONY WILLIAMS,

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Plaintiff,

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Case No. C18-0218-JCC-MAT
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
CLARIFY

v.
BRUCE C GAGE, et al.,
Defendants.

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This is a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 prisoner civil rights action. Currently before the Court is

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plaintiff’s motion to clarify the claims he raised in his complaint. (Dkt. # 111.) Specifically, he

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asks the Court whether he raised claims related to January 18, 2018, or whether his claims only

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addressed events occurring before that date. The Court will GRANT motion. (Dkt. # 111.)

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With respect to January 18, 2018, plaintiff alleges that early in the morning, he started

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feeling suicidal, so he filed an emergency grievance asking to be strapped down and staff strapped

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him down before he cut himself. (Dkt. # 1-1 at 22.) Plaintiff also describes being transferred from

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the infirmary to the intensive management unit against his wishes and that he began to cut himself

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within 45 minutes of his transfer, but he does not identify on which date this allegedly occurred.

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(See id. at 22-23.)

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
CLARIFY - 1

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The Clerk is directed to send copies of this order to the parties and to the Honorable John
C. Coughenour.
Dated this 27th day of May, 2020.

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Mary Alice Theiler
United States Magistrate Judge

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ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
CLARIFY - 2