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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SILUS M. VALSON,

 Plaintiff,

 vs.

J. CLARK KELSO, et al.,

 Defendants.

1:14-cv-1420-EPG-PC

 

ORDER FINDING SERVICE OF FIRST 

AMENDED COMPLAINT 

APPROPRIATE, AND FORWARDING 

SERVICE DOCUMENTS TO 

PLAINTIFF FOR COMPLETION AND 

RETURN WITHIN THIRTY DAYS

(Doc. 1)

Silus M. Valson (APlaintiff@) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis

in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. ' 1983. Plaintiff filed a complaint commencing 

this action on September 11, 2014. (ECF No. 1.) The Court screened Plaintiff’s complaint 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. ' 1915A (a), and dismissed Plaintiff’s complaint with leave to amend. 

(ECF 6). Plaintiff subsequently filed a first amended complaint. (ECF No. 9). 

A review of Plaintiff’s first amended complaint reveals Plaintiff has stated a claim 

against Defendant Matthew Cate (erroneously named “Mathew Cates”) and Martin Biter based 

on a violation of the Eighth Amendment. Therefore, the Court finds the first amended 

complaint appropriate for service of process. Accordingly, it is HEREBY ORDERED that:

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1. Service is appropriate for defendants MATTHEW CATE and MARTIN 

BITER;

2. The Clerk of Court shall SEND Plaintiff two (2) USM-285’s form, two (2) 

summons, a Notice of Submission of Documents form, an instruction sheet and 

one copy of the first amended complaint filed on March 23, 2015. (ECF No. 9);

3. Within thirty (30) days from the date of this order, Plaintiff shall complete the 

attached Notice of Submission of Documents and submit the completed Notice 

to the court with the following documents:

a. The completed summonses;

b. A completed USM-285 form for defendant Cate and defendant Biter; and 

c. Three (3) copies of the endorsed first amended complaint filed March 23, 

2015 (Doc. 9); 

4. Plaintiff need not attempt service on defendant and need not request waiver of 

service. Upon receipt of the above-described documents, the Court will direct 

the United States Marshal to serve the above-named defendant pursuant to 

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4 without payment of costs; 

5. A failure to comply with this order may result in the dismissal of this action; and

6. Since the Plaintiff has only stated cognizable claims against the defendant Cate 

and Biter named in the amended complaint as outlined above, the Clerk of the 

Court shall terminate all other defendants on the docket.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 13, 2016 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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