Opinion
2:23-cv-577-JES-KCD
10-02-2023
ROBERT JOHNSON, Plaintiff, v. J. GRANT, A. BROWN and MATHEWSON, Defendants.
OPINION AND ORDER
KYLE C. DUDEK, UNITED STALES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Plaintiff Robert Johnson is litigating this action in forma pauperis, (Doc. 5), and he submitted the forms necessary to serve the defendants. Accordingly, the clerk is directed to prepare the service package for certified mailing to the special appointees at Santa Rosa Correctional Institution designated below. Each defendant's packet shall include the complaint (Doc. 1), the respective summons, and this order. The clerk shall notate the docket with the date the service packages were mailed. The court specially appoints Christy Padgett and/or Misty Cole to serve the defendants. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 4(c)(3).
Within 14 days after receipt of the service packages, Christy Padgett and/or Misty Cole shall serve the complaint, summons, and this order to the defendants at Santa Rosa Correctional Institution; complete and sign the return of service forms; and return them (in the pre-addressed envelope provided) to the clerk as proof of service.
If any defendant is no longer employed at Santa Rosa Correctional Institution or is otherwise unable to be served, a special appointee shall complete and sign the return of service unexecuted for that defendant. If service is returned unexecuted, or if a return is not filed within 45 days from the date of this order, the clerk shall so note on the docket.
Each defendant shall have 60 days from the date of service of process by a special appointee to answer or otherwise respond to the complaint.
DONE and ORDERED.