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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

Theodore Jacob Jones, 

Plaintiff, 

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Forbs, et. al, 

Defendant. 

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No. CV-12-435-PHX-SRB (LOA)

ORDER

This matter arises on Plaintiff's Motion for Discovery. (Doc. 17)

Plaintiff filed a Prisoner Civil Rights Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on

March 1, 2012. (Doc. 1) Plaintiff filed a First Amended Complaint on May 3, 2012. On

June 22, 2012, the Court screened Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C.

§ 1915(A)(a) and ordered that, liberally construed, Plaintiff has stated Eighth Amendment

claims against Defendants Forbs and Sanchez. The Court ordered those Defendants to

answer the First Amended Complaint. (Doc. 11 at 3) To date, neither Defendant has been

served.

The Court will deny Plaintiff's Motion for two reasons: 1) it is premature as no

Defendant has yet been served, and 2) it is not necessary at this juncture for Plaintiff to file

a Motion for Discovery. Once the proper Defendants are served, he can simply propound

discovery on the Defendants consistent with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 

Accordingly,

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IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff's Motion for Discovery, doc. 17, is DENIED.

Dated this 20th day of July, 2012. 

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