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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 

Eulandas J. Flowers, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

Sandra Lawrence, et al., 

Defendants.

No. CV-14-08184-PCT-JAT

ORDER 

 Pending before the Court is the Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) from the 

Magistrate Judge, (Doc. 19), recommending that Plaintiff’s Motion for Leave to File an 

Amended Complaint, (Doc. 10), be granted and that Defendants Shane and Coleman be 

dismissed as to Count I of the proposed Amended Complaint. 

 Neither party filed objections to the R&R. Accordingly, the Court hereby accepts 

and adopts the R&R. See Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 149 (1985) (finding that district 

courts are not required to conduct “any review at all . . . of any issue that is not the 

subject of an objection” (emphasis added)); United States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114, 

1121 (9th Cir. 2003) (en banc) (“statute makes it clear that the district judge must review 

the magistrate judge’s findings and recommendations de novo if objection is made, but 

not otherwise” (emphasis in original)); see also Schmidt v. Johnstone, 263 F.Supp.2d 

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1219, 1226 (D. Ariz. 2003). 

 Therefore, 

IT IS ORDERED that that the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation, 

(Doc. 12), is ADOPTED AND ACCEPTED;

 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion for Leave to File an 

Amended Complaint, (Doc. 10), is GRANTED; 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Count I of the Amended Complaint is 

DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE as to Defendants Shane and Coleman; Count I 

is not dismissed as to Defendants Young, Batchlor, and L. Marshall; 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendants Young, Batchlor, and L. Marshall 

shall answer Count I of the Amended Complaint; 

 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all Defendants shall answer Count II of the 

Amended Complaint; 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall file the proposed 

Amended Complaint lodged as Doc 11-1 as Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint; 

 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall send Plaintiff the 

Court’s Order, and a copy of the Marshal’s Process Receipt & Return form (USM-285) 

and Notice of Lawsuit & Request for Waiver of Service of Summons form for 

Defendants Young, Batchlor, L. Marshall, S. Lawrence, Contreas, Coleman, Dean, and 

Shane; 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff shall complete and return the 

service packet to the Clerk of Court within 21 days of the date of filing of the 

Court’s Order. The United States Marshal will not provide service of process if 

Plaintiff fails to comply with this Order;

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that if Plaintiff does not either obtain a waiver 

of service of the summons or complete service of the Summons and Amended 

Complaint on a Defendant within 120 days of the filing of the Amended Complaint 

or within 60 days of the filing of the Court’s Order, whichever is later, the action 

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may be dismissed as to each Defendant not served. Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m); LRCiv 

16.2(b)(2)(B)(i); 

 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Unites States Marshal is advised and 

ordered as follows: 

- The United States Marshal must retain the Summons, a copy of the Amended 

Complaint, and a copy of the Court’s Order for future use; 

- The United States Marshal must notify Defendants of the commencement of this 

action and request waiver of service of the summons pursuant to Rule 4(d) of the Federal 

Rules of Civil Procedure. The notice to Defendants must include a copy of the Court’s 

Order; 

- The Marshall must immediately file signed waivers of service of the 

summons. If a waiver of service of summons is returned as undeliverable or is not 

returned by a Defendant within 30 days from the date the request for waiver was 

sent by the Marshal, the Marshal must: 

 (a) personally serve copies of the Summons, Amended Complaint, and the 

 Court’s Order upon Defendant pursuant to Rule 4(e)(2) of the Federal Rules 

 of Civil Procedure; and 

 (b) within 10 days after personal service is effected, file the return of 

 service for Defendant, along with evidence of the attempt to secure a waiver of 

 service of the summons and of the costs subsequently incurred in effecting service 

 upon Defendant. The costs of service must be enumerated on the return of service 

 form (USM-285) and must include the costs incurred by the Marshal for 

 photocopying additional copies of the Summons, Amended Complaint, or the 

 Court’s Order and for preparing new process receipt and return forms (USM-285), 

 if required. Costs of service will be taxed against the personally served Defendant 

 pursuant to Rule 4(d)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, unless otherwise 

 ordered by the Court; 

 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendants are advised and ordered as 

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follows: 

- Any Defendant who agrees to waive service of the Summons and Amended 

Complaint must return the signed waiver forms to the United States Marshal, not 

the Plaintiff;

- Defendants must answer the Amended Complaint or otherwise respond by 

appropriate motion within the time provided by applicable provisions of Rule 12(a) of the 

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure; 

- Any answer or response must state the specific Defendant by name on whose 

behalf it is filed. The Court may strike any answer, response, or other motion or paper 

that does not identify the specific Defendant by name on whose behalf it is filed; 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff is advised and ordered as follows: 

A. Address Changes 

 Plaintiff must file and serve a notice of a change of address in accordance with 

Rule 83.3(d) of the Local Rules of Civil Procedure. Plaintiff must not include a motion 

for other relief with a notice of change of address. Failure to comply may result in 

dismissal of this action; 

B. Copies 

 Because Plaintiff is currently confined in an Arizona Department of Corrections 

unit subject to General Order 14-17, Plaintiff is not required to serve Defendants with a 

copy of every document he filed or to submit an additional copy of every filing for use by 

the Court, as would ordinarily be required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5 and 

Local Rule of Civil Procedure 5.4. If Plaintiff is transferred to a unit other than one 

subject to General Order 14-17, he will be notified of the requirements for service and 

copies for the Court that are required for inmates whose cases are not subject to General 

Order 14-17; 

C. Possible Dismissal 

 If Plaintiff fails to timely comply with every provision of the Court’s Order, 

including these warnings, the Court may dismiss this action without further notice. See 

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Ferdik v. Bonzelet, 963 F.2d 1258, 1260-61 (9th Cir. 1992) (a district court may dismiss 

an action for failure to comply with any order of the Court). 

 Dated this 31st day of March, 2015. 

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