Opinion
2:22-cv-3461
12-15-2022
LEON A. MORRIS, SR., Plaintiff, v. WARDEN, NORTH CENTRAL CORRECTIONAL COMPLEX, et al., Defendants.
EDMUND A. SARGUS, JR. DISTRICT JUDGE
AMENDED ORDER
KAREN L. LITKOVITZ, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Plaintiff, a prisoner at the North Central Correctional Institution, has filed a pro se civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in this Court. Plaintiff has since filed five motions to amend his complaint (Doc. 6, 9, 11, 15, 17) and additional motions or other filings (See Doc. 2, 7, 9, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21). Most recently, plaintiff has submitted to the Clerks Office an envelope containing physical evidence.
Plaintiff's complaint is subject to initial screening to determine whether the complaint, or any portion of it, should be dismissed because it is frivolous, malicious, fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted or seeks monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such relief. See Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 § 804, 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B); § 805, 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b). Plaintiff is ORDERED not to file any additional motions or documents until the Court has conducted the initial review of his complaint, as amended. The CLERK OF COURT is DIRECTED NOT to accept any additional filings in this matter from plaintiff until such time as the Court issues its initial screening Report and Recommendation, which is forthcoming. Any such filings received from plaintiff in violation of this Order shall be returned by the Clerk of Court to plaintiff along with a copy of this Order.
With respect to plaintiff's submission of physical evidence, neither the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure nor the Local Rules of this District permit the filing of exhibits or other evidence unconnected to a pending motion or pleading. Plaintiff may have the opportunity to submit evidence in support of his claims at a later stage in this case. Cf. Jackson v. United States, Case No. 19-cv-3560, 2019 WL 4034731, at *1 n.2 (E.D. Pa. Aug. 27, 2019) (advising the plaintiff that “he need not put forth his evidence and exhibits at the pleading state of this case”). At this point in the proceedings, however, plaintiff is ORDERED not to submit any additional physical evidence.
IT IS SO ORDERED.