Howard et al v. Walker et al

Filing 40

ORDER signed by Judge Rudolph T. Randa on 6/20/2016 DENYING as Moot 37 Motion to Sever; GRANTING 37 Motion to File Separate Complaint. (cc: all counsel, via mail to Jamie Bowens at New Lisbon Correctional Institution-with prisoner complaint packet and pro se guide) (cb)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN
JOSHUA HOWARD,
Plaintiff,
-vs-

Case No. 15-CV-557

BELINDA SCHRUBBE,
and JOHN O’DONOVAN,
Defendants.

DECISION AND ORDER
Former plaintiff Jamie Bowens has filed a motion to sever and
motion to amend and/or file separate complaint.

(ECF No. 37.)

He

requests an extension of time until August 5, 2016, to file an amended
complaint. Former plaintiff Bowens is advised that the Court dismissed
him from this action on April 29, 2016. (ECF No. 35.) Thus, his motion to
sever will be denied as moot. The Court also advises Bowen that he may
file another lawsuit before or after August 5, 2016. (The plaintiff should
not wait too long, or the six-year statute of limitations applicable to 42
U.S.C. § 1983 claims may bar his action.) The Court will mail the plaintiff
a complaint form and a pro se guide along with this order.
NOW, THEREFORE, BASED ON THE FOREGOING, IT IS
HEREBY ORDERED THAT the former plaintiff Jamie Bowens’ motion

to sever (ECF No. 37) is DENIED AS MOOT because he was dismissed
from this lawsuit on April 29, 2016.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that former plaintiff Bowens’ motion
to file separate complaint (ECF No. 37) is GRANTED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk’s Office mail Jamie
Bowens a copy of this order, a prisoner complaint packet, and a pro se
guide: Answers to Prisoner Litigants’ Common Questions.
Dated at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this 20th day of June, 2016
BY THE COURT:

__________________________
HON. RUDOLPH T. RANDA
U.S. District Judge

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