Linderman v. Cedeno et al

Filing 31

ORDER denying 27 Motion to supplement complaint and GRANTING extension of time to provide service address. Plaintiff shall provide the court with the addresses of the remaining Defendants on or before 5/27/2011. Plaintiff is advised that the Clerk will direct service once the addresses are received. Signed by Magistrate Judge Karen L Strombom.(CMG; cc to Plaintiff)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 ORDER - 1 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and Local MJR 3 and 4. Plaintiff has been granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis. ECF No. 4. Before the Court is Plaintiff's Motion to Supplement Complaint and for Extension of Time to Complete Service on the five defendants who have not yet been served. ECF No. 27. RUBEN CEDENO, DEVON SCHRUM, KAREN BRUNSON, TAMARA ROWDEN, CAIN (FNU), SMITH (FNU), CARROLL RIDDLE, T. SCHNEIDER, McTARSNEY (FNU), PALMER (FNU), MOSELY (FNU), WINTERS (FNU), ASHTON (FNU), NESBITT (FNU), MOHN (FNU), MILLER (FNU), JANE/JOHN DOES, and L. SCHNEIDER, Defendants. ORDER DENYING MOTION TO SUPPLEMENT COMPLAINT AND GRANTING EXTENSION OF TIME TO PROVIDE SERVICE ADDRESSES GARRETT LINDERMAN, Plaintiff, v. No. C10-5897 RBL/KLS UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA

This case has been referred to United States Magistrate Judge Karen L. Strombom

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Plaintiff Garrett Linderman is a Washington State inmate who has filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights action alleging that numerous Department of Corrections (DOC) officials retaliated against him for filing lawsuits and grievances. All the Defendants who have been served with process have answered Plaintiff's complaint. The Defendants who have not been served are Defendants Ruben Cedeno, Karen Brunson, Lester Schneider, Miller and Ashton.

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 in his motion to supplement. Therefore, the motion to supplement is denied. 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 ORDER - 2 DATED this 5th day of April, 2011. However, Plaintiff has shown good cause for an extension of time within which to serve the Defendants who have not yet been served. See Civil Rule 4(m). Accordingly, Plaintiff shall provide the court with the addresses of the remaining Defendants on or before May 27, 2011. Plaintiff is advised that the Clerk will direct service once the addresses are received. The Clerk is directed to send a copy of this Order to Plaintiff and counsel for Defendants. The Clerk shall also send Plaintiff a copy of the docket. Plaintiff has now identified the last two Defendants as Michael Miller and Karin Ashton. Plaintiff now moves to supplement his complaint to provide the Defendants' first names and for an extension of time to serve those Defendants who have not yet been served. Plaintiff's request to supplement his complaint to provide the first names of various named Defendants is unnecessary as all Defendants who have been served have provided their first names in their answer and these names match the first names now provided by the Plaintiff

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Karen L. Strombom United States Magistrate Judge