Opinion
No.: 3:11-cv-562
03-02-2012
RONNIE T. BAKER, Plaintiff, v. VICKI MAHONY, PATRICIA REDMAN, DR. HARRIS, LINDA TATE, and WARDEN DAVID MILLS, Defendants.
(VARLAN/SHIRLEY)
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
This is a pro se prisoner's civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The Clerk is DIRECTED to send the plaintiff a service packet (a blank summons and USM 285 form) for each defendant named in this action. The plaintiff is ORDERED to complete the service packets and return them to the Clerk's Office within twenty (20) days of the date of receipt of this Memorandum and Order. At that time the summonses will be signed and sealed by the Clerk and forwarded to the U.S. Marshal for service. Fed. R. Civ. P. 4. The plaintiff is forewarned that failure to return the completed service packets within the time required could jeopardize his prosecution of this action.
Defendants shall answer or otherwise respond to the complaint within twenty (20) days from the date of service. Defendants' failure to timely respond to the complaint may result in entry of judgment by default against defendant.
ENTER:
Thomas A. Varlan
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE