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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983pr Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RICHARD GENE COPP,

Plaintiff,

v.

F. LOPEZ, Correctional Officer; H. 

GOMEZ, Correctional Officer; R. 

ROCHA, Correctional Officer; V. 

SIGMON, Psych Tech; and S. KELLAZ, 

Psychologist,

Defendants.

Case No.: 19-cv-789-WQH-AGS

ORDER

HAYES, Judge:

The matter before the Court is the Ex Parte Motion for Extension of Time to Serve 

Defendants filed by Plaintiff Richard Gene Copp. (ECF No. 7).

On April 29, 2019, Plaintiff Richard Gene Copp, proceeding pro se, filed a 

Complaint against Defendants F. Lopez, H. Gomez, R. Rocha, V. Sigmon, and S. Kellaz. 

(ECF No. 1). On June 17, 2019, the Court granted Plaintiff’s Motion for Leave to Proceed 

in Forma Pauperis, and the Clerk of the Court issued the Summons and proof of service 

form. (ECF Nos. 3-4). On January 6, 2020, the Court ordered Plaintiff to show cause why 

the Complaint should not be dismissed due to Plaintiff’s failure to serve Defendants. (ECF 

No. 5).

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On February 19, 2020, Plaintiff filed a Response to the Order to Show Cause. (ECF 

No. 7). Plaintiff states that he was transferred from California Medical Facility to Richard 

J. Donovan Correctional Facility in Vacaville, California, after he filed the Complaint. 

Plaintiff states that he did not receive any mail from the Court until he received the Order 

to Show Cause on January 6, 2020. Plaintiff requests that the Court send Plaintiff a copy 

of the Complaint so that Plaintiff “may proceed.” (ECF No. 7 at 2).

The Court construes Plaintiff’s Response to the Order to Show Cause as an Ex Parte

Motion for Extension of Time to Serve Defendants. Upon review of Plaintiff’s Motion, and 

good cause appearing, the Court:

GRANTS Plaintiff’s request for additional time to serve Defendants (ECF No. 7). 

Plaintiff shall have an additional one hundred (100) days from the date of this Order to 

serve Defendants (see CivLR 4.1(b));

DIRECTS the Clerk of the Court to send Plaintiff a copy of the Complaint (ECF No. 

1), re-send Plaintiff a copy of the Court’s June 17, 2019, Order granting Plaintiff’s Motion 

to Proceed Informa Pauperis (ECF No. 3), and re-send Plaintiff the Summons (ECF No. 

4); and

DIRECTS the Clerk to re-send Plaintiff a blank U.S. Marshal Form 285 for each 

named Defendant and certified copies of the Court’s June 17, 2020, Order, the Complaint, 

and the Summons so that Plaintiff may serve Defendants. Upon receipt of this “IFP 

Package,” Plaintiff must complete the USM Form 285s as completely and accurately as 

possible, include an address where each named Defendant may be found and/or subject to 

service pursuant to Civil Local Rule 4.1(c), and return them to the U.S. Marshal according 

to the instructions the Clerk provides in the letter accompanying the IFP Package. 

Dated: February 26, 2020

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