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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:12101 Americans with Disabilities Act

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Regina Lynn Villone; Richard Rodriguez

(husband), 

Plaintiffs, 

vs.

United Parcel Services, Inc., et al., 

Defendants. 

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No. CV-09-8213-PCT-LOA

ORDER

 This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff’s Motion to Amend/Correct Complaint.

(docket # 8) Plaintiff’s motion only seeks to “strike Richard Rodriguez” from the Complaint

and does not seek to modify the Complaint in any other way. 

On November 30, 2009, this matter was commenced by the filing of a Complaint

naming Regina Lynn Villone and her husband, Richard Rodriguez, as Plaintiffs. (docket # 1)

The Complaint alleges violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. 12101 et

seq arising out of Plaintiff Regina Lynn Villone’s employment with Defendant United Parcel

Service. (docket # 1) In a December 9, 2009 Order, the Court noted that the Complaint

appears to allege claims only as to pro se Plaintiff Regina W. Villone. Because a non-lawyer,

such as Plaintiff Villone, may not practice law on behalf of other individuals, the Court directed

Plaintiffs to file an amended complaint on behalf of Richard Rodriguez in which he represents

himself or to retain counsel on his behalf. (docket # 5) The Court also stated that, in the

alternative, if Plaintiff Villone does not intend to allege a claim on Richard Rodriguez’s behalf,

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the caption of the Complaint could be corrected by a subsequent order or at the Rule 16

scheduling conference. (docket # 5 at 2) 

In response to the December 9, 2009 Order, Plaintiff Villone timely filed a Motion to

Amend Complaint. (docket # 8) Plaintiff explains that she named her husband as a Plaintiff

because “she was under the impression that because she was married her husband should be in

the Complaint.” (docket # 8 at 1) Plaintiff further requests that the court “strike” Richard

Rodriguez from the Complaint. 

Because the Complaint only alleges claims as to Plaintiff Villone, and in view of

Plaintiff’s pending motion to amend requesting that the Court “strike Richard Rodriguez from

the complaint,” the Court will grant Plaintiff’s Motion to Amend/Correct Complaint. 

Accordingly,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion to Amend/Correct Complaint,

docket # 8, is GRANTED.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Complaint is corrected to reflect that Richard

Rodriguez is not a plaintiff in this case. The Clerk is kindly directed to modify the docket to

reflect this change. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that future filings shall only include Regina Lynn

Villone as Plaintiff. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that absent a timely request for an extension for good

cause shown, all Defendants shall be timely served at Plaintiff’s expense within 120 days of

November 30, 2009, the date Plaintiff filed her Complaint, or this lawsuit may be dismissed for

lack of prosecution. See, Rules 4(m) and 41(b), FED.R.CIV.P.

Dated this 7th day of January, 2010.

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