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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Bivens Act

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On the face of his First Amended Complaint, Plaintiff checked the box indicating that the

filing was the "Original Complaint." However, Plaintiff's filing on June 7, 2005 was actually his First

Amended Complaint and it is properly identified as such on the docket.

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Sidney Arruda Correa, 

Plaintiff, 

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Thomas Long, et al., 

Defendants. 

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No. CV 05-1073-PHX-DGC (CRP)

ORDER

Plaintiff Jose Luis Arevalo, currently confined in the Eloy Detention Center in Eloy,

Arizona, has filed a pro se First Amended Complaint1 pursuant to Bivens v. Six Unknown

Named Agents of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971). See Doc. # 4. The

Court will require an answer to the First Amended Complaint.

A. Statutory Screening of Prisoner Complaints

The Court is required to screen complaints brought by prisoners seeking relief

against a governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity. 28 U.S.C.

§ 1915A(a). The Court must dismiss a complaint or portion t hereof if the Plaintiff has raised

claims that are legally “frivolous or malicious,” that fail to state a claim upon which relief

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may be granted, or that seek monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such

relief. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b)(1), (2). 

B. Claims and/or Parties to be Served

Plaintiff's Complaint concerns his medical care at the Eloy Detention Center. Plaint iff

names the following Defendant s: T homas Long, Warden; A. Sabal, doctor; and Patti Sell,

registered nurse. 

In his Complaint Plaintiff alleges that in September 2004 Dr. Sabal placed Plaintiff on

a double-p ortion diet for three months because Plaintiff was under weight by 28 pounds.

Plaintiff st ates that Dr. Sabal informed him that at Plaintiff's height, he should weigh 180

pounds. Two months later, Plaintiff saw Dr. Sabal again, and Dr. Sabal extended the

double-portion diet for another month because Plaintiff was still underweight. Near the

end of December 2004, a medical case review meeting was held by Patti Sells concerning

Plaintiff's medical care. Plaintiff contends that at this meeting Sells decided that Plaintiff

would be taken off of t he double-portion diet. Sells instructed Dr. Sabal to take Plaintiff off

of the special diet, even though Plaintiff was still under weight at t he t ime (163 pounds).

Dr. Sabal complied with Sells' order and discontinued the enhanced diet. Plaintiff alleges

that he never did reach the proper weight of 180 p ounds and since the withdrawal of the

double-portion diet, he began losing weight and now weighs just 147 p ounds. In addition,

Plaintiff states that he suffers from lack of nutrition. 

In January 2005, Plaintiff submitted an inmate grievance form concerning the

withdrawal of the special diet. Plaintiff alleges that, despite his weight loss, Thomas Long,

the Warden, denied Plaintiff's grievance a few days after it was filed. These allegations

adequately state a claim, and the Court will require an answer to the Complaint.

C. Rule 41 Cautionary Notice

Plaintiff should take notice that if he fails to timely comply with every p rovision of

this Order, or any order entered in this matter, this action will be dismissed pursuant to

Rule 41(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. See Ferdik v. Bonzelet, 963 F.2d 1258,

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1260-61 (9th Cir. 1992) (district court may dismiss action for failure to comply with any order

of the Court).

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that: 

(1) The Clerk of Court shall send Plaintiff a service packet including the First

Amended Complaint (Doc. # 4), this Order, and both summons and request for waiver

forms for Defendants Thomas Long, Dr. A. Sabal, and Patti Sells.

(2) Plaintiff shall complete and return the service packet to the Clerk of Court within

20 days of the date of filing of this Order. The United States Marshal will not provide

service of process if Plaintiff fails to comply with this Order.

(3) If Plaintiff does not either obtain a waiver of service of t he summons or complete

service of t he Summons and First Amended Complaint on each Defendant within 120 days

of the filing of the complaint or within 60 days of the filing of t his Order, whichever is later,

the action may be dismissed as to each Defendant not served pursuant to Rule 4(m) of the

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Rule 16.2(b)(2)(B)(i) of the Local Rules of Civil

Procedure. 

(4) The United St at es Marshal shall retain the Summons, a copy of the First

Amended Complaint, and a copy of this Order for future use.

(5) The United States Marshal shall notify Defendants of the commencement of this

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

Rules of Civil Procedure. The notice to Defendants shall include a copy of this Order. The

Marshal shall file waivers of service of the summons or requests for waivers that were

returned as undeliverable as soon as they are received. If a waiver of service of summons

is not returned by a Defendant within thirty days from the date the request for waiver was

sent by the Marshal, the Marshal shall:

(a) Personally serve copies of t he Summons, First Amended Complaint, and

this Order upon the Defendant pursuant to Rule 4(e)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil

Procedure;

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(b) Within 10 days after p ersonal service is effected, file the return of service

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

of the summons and of the costs subsequent ly incurred in effecting service upon

the Defendant. The costs of service shall be enumerat ed on the return of service

form (USM-285) and shall include the cost s incurred by the Marshal for

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

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) and (5) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, unless

otherwise ordered by the Court.

(6) A Defendant who agrees to waive service of the Summons and First Amended

Complaint shall return the signe d wai ve r forms to the United States Marshal, not the

Plaintiff.

(7) Defendants shall answer the First Amended Complaint or otherwise respond by

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

the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

(8) Any answer or responsive pleading shall state the specific Defendant(s) by

name on whose behalf it is filed. The Court may strike any answer, resp onsive pleading,

or other motion or paper that does not identify the specific Defendant(s) by name on

whose behalf it is filed.

(9) Plaintiff shall serve upon Defendants, or if appearance has been entered by

counsel, upon counsel, a copy of every further pleading or other document submitted for

consideration by the Court. Plaintiff shall include with the original document and copy, to

be filed with the Clerk of the Court, a certificate stating the date a true and correct copy of

the pleading or document was mailed to Defendants or counsel. Any paper received by

a District Court Judge or Magistrate Judge which has not been filed with the Clerk of Court

may be disregarded by the Court.

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(10) At all t imes during the pendency of this action, Plaintiff shall immediately advise

the Court and the United States Marshal of any change of address and its effective date.

Such notice shall be captioned “NOTICE OF CHANGE OF ADDRESS.” The notice shall

contain only information pertaining to the change of address and its effective date.

Plaintiff shall serve a copy of the notice on all opposing parties. The notice shall not

include any motions for any other relief. Failure to file a Notice of Change of Address may

result in the dismissal of the action for failure to prosecut e p ursuant to Rule 41(b) of the

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 

(11) A clear, legible copy of every pleading or other document filed shall

accompany each original pleading or other document filed wit h t he Clerk for use by the

District Judge or Magistrate Judge to whom the case is assigned. Failure to comp ly wit h

this requirement may result in the pleading or document being stricken without further

notice to Plaintiff. 

(12) This mat t er is referred to Magistrate Judge Charles R. Pyle pursuant to Rule

72.1 and 72.2 of the Local Rules of Civil Procedure for further proceedings.

DATED this 1st day of December, 2005.

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