Opinion
10-CV-3211 (RJD) (JMA) [Pro se; IFP].
July 20, 2010
ORDER
Plaintiff's application to proceed in forma pauperis under 28 U.S.C. § 1915 is hereby granted. The Clerk of Court shall send a copy of this Order and the complaint to the United States Attorney's Office and to plaintiff. No summonses shall issue at this time.
Plaintiff Felix Nkansah brings this pro se civil rights action against the medical personnel at the Metropolitan Correctional Center and the Metropolitan Detention Center. He alleges that he received poor medical treatment at both facilities and that his medical needs are still not being met at the MDC, where he is currently incarcerated. Plaintiff further alleges that he made formal requests for his medical records so that he might identify the doctors responsible for his treatment. He states that the records were not sent and that the doctors refused to give him their names. (Complaint ¶ 5.) He seeks injunctive relief as well as compensatory and punitive damages.
Pursuant to Valentin v. Dinkins, 121 F.3d 72 (2d Cir. 1997) (per curiam), the Court requests that the United States Attorney's Office ascertain the full names and service addresses of the medical officers who treated plaintiff in November 2008, September 2009, between November 2009 — February 2010, and on or about June 1, 2010 and June 22, 2010. The United States Attorney's Office need not undertake to defend or indemnify these individuals at this juncture. This Order merely provides a means by which plaintiff may name and properly serve the defendants as instructed by the Second Circuit in Valentin.
The United States Attorney's Office is hereby requested to produce the information specified above regarding the identity and service addresses of these officers within 30 days of the date of this Order. Once this information is provided, plaintiff's complaint shall be deemed amended to reflect the full names of the defendants, summonses shall be issued, and the Court shall direct service on the defendants.
SO ORDERED.