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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Royce-Wayne Gibbons, 

Plaintiff, 

vs.

Joseph Arpaio, et al., 

Defendants. 

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No. CV 07-1456-PHX-SMM (JCG)

ORDER

On July 9, 2007, Plaintiff Royce-Wayne Gibbons, who is confined in the Maricopa

County Fourth Avenue Jail, filed a pro se Complaint in Maricopa County Superior Court.

Defendants removed the action to this Court on July 31, 2007 and paid the $350.00 filing fee.

On August 21, 2007, the Court dismissed the Complaint and gave Plaintiff 30 days

to file an Amended Complaint. On August 24, 2007, Plaintiff filed a Motion for Default

Judgment (Doc. #8). On August 27, 2007, Defendants filed a Motion to Strike Plaintiff’s

Motion for Default Judgment. (Doc. #9).

Defendants are not required to answer the Complaint until the Court has completed

the screening process and requires Defendants to file an answer. See 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(g).

Plaintiff has not yet filed an Amended Complaint, and the Court is unable to complete

screening of Plaintiff’s claims until Plaintiff does so. Accordingly, the Court will deny both

Plaintiff’s Motion for Default Judgment and Defendants’ Motion to Strike as moot.

Accordingly,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED DENYING Plaintiff’s August 24, 2007 Motion for

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Default Judgment (Doc. #8).

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED DENYING as MOOT Defendants’ August 27, 2007

Motion to Strike Plaintiff’s Motion for Default Judgment (Doc. #9)

DATED this 18th day of September, 2007.

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