Opinion
2:11-cv-00858-JCM-RJJ.
August 30, 2011
ORDER
The summons (#6) issued in this prisoner civil rights action will be quashed. Pursuant to the Prisoner Litigation Reform Act, a prisoner may not pursue service of a civil rights complaint against a governmental officer before the court has completed screening under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. The amended complaint (#5) currently is pending for screening, and it will be screened in due course. In the meantime, plaintiff may not pursue service of the matter.
IT THEREFORE IS ORDERED that the summons (#6) issued hereby is QUASHED. Any service attempted in this matter prior to an order from the court authorizing same shall be wholly invalid and without effect. Defendant is under no obligation to respond in this matter unless and until expressly ordered to do so by this court.