Moseley v. Washington Department of Corrections et al

Filing 36

ORDER denying as moot Plaintiff's 30 Motion to Amend and DIRECTING Defendants to File Answer; Defendants' answer to the Amended Complaint (Dkt #34) is due 2/20/2017. Signed by Magistrate Judge J Richard Creatura.**2 PAGE(S), PRINT ALL**(James Moseley, Prisoner ID: 322627)(CMG)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 8 9 10 JAMES DALE MOSELEY, 11 12 13 Plaintiff, v. WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS et al., CASE NO. 3:16-CV-05698-BHS-JRC ORDER DENYING MOTION TO AMEND AS MOOT AND DIRECTING DEFENDANTS TO FILE ANSWER 14 Defendants. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Plaintiff, proceeding in forma pauperis, filed this civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Presently before the Court is plaintiff’s motion to amend complaint. Dkt. 30. Defendants do not oppose plaintiff’s motion. Dkt. 32. On October 21, 2016, defendants moved to dismiss plaintiff’s original complaint. Dkt. 21. On December 14, 2016, the undersigned recommended that the motion to dismiss be granted, but that plaintiff be given an opportunity to amend his due process claims. Dkt. 28. On December 27, 2016, while the report and recommendation was still pending, plaintiff filed his motion to amend. Dkt. 30. On January 10, 2017, District Judge Settle adopted the report and recommendation. Dkt. 33. On January 18, 2017, plaintiff filed his amended complaint. Dkt. 34. ORDER DENYING MOTION TO AMEND AS MOOT AND DIRECTING DEFENDANTS TO FILE ANSWER - 1 1 As the Court has already granted plaintiff leave to amend his complaint, see Dkts. 28, 33, 2 the Court denies plaintiff’s motion to amend (Dkt. 30) as moot. 3 Plaintiff’s amended complaint filed on January 18, 2017 will be the operative complaint 4 in this matter. Dkt. 34. Defendants are directed to file an answer to plaintiff’s amended complaint 5 (Dkt. 34) on or before February 20, 2017. 6 Dated this 19th day of January, 2017. A 7 8 J. Richard Creatura United States Magistrate Judge 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ORDER DENYING MOTION TO AMEND AS MOOT AND DIRECTING DEFENDANTS TO FILE ANSWER - 2

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