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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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Order Directing Plaintiff to Provide Court with More Information for Unserved Defendants

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JARBOR MCELROY a/k/a LATWAHN

MCELROY,

Plaintiff,

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W. L. MUNIZ, et. al., 

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No. C 15-00042 EJD (PR)

ORDER DISMISSING UNSERVED

DEFENDANTS J. KIDD AND 

A. ORENALIS

On July 16, 2015, Plaintiff, a state prisoner at Pelican Bay State Prison, filed a first

amended pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against prison officials at

Salinas Valley State Prison (“SVSP”) and Folsom State Prison (“FSP”) where he was

previously incarcerated. On September 10, 2015, the Court issued a partial order of

service upon SVSP Defendants. (Docket No. 19.) On October 1, 2015 and 16, 2015,

respectively, Litigation Coordinator G. Lopez sent letters to the Court indicating that

Defendants J. Kidd and A. Orenalis never worked at SVSP. (Docket Nos. 45 and 55.) 

On November 3, 2015, the Court ordered Plaintiff to file within thirty days, a notice

containing accurate and current addresses for Defendants J. Kidd and A. Orenalis. 

(Docket No. 74.) Plaintiff was advised that if he failed to provide the Court with the

information requested, Plaintiff's claims against these Defendants would be dismissed

without prejudice pursuant to Rule 4(m) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. (Id.) 

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 1 Plaintiff was also directed to file such information that would allow the estate of

deceased Defendant Supervisor Dr. Norum to be served. (See Docket No. 74.) On

December 23, 2015, Plaintiff filed a motion “to substitute in the proper party,” with

respect to Defendant Nurom. (Docket No. 100.) However, Plaintiff failed to attach the

document he states contains the contact information for the estate. The Court has directed

Plaintiff to file the contact information for the proposed substitute party and renew the

motion. (Docket No. 103.) Therefore, the claims against deceased Defendant Nurom will

not be dismissed at this time.

Order Directing Plaintiff to Provide Court with More Information for Unserved Defendants

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Thereafter, Plaintiff sought and was granted an additional thirty days in which to provide

the requested information. (Docket No. 86.) The deadline has passed and Plaintiff has

not filed the requested information. Accordingly, Defendants J. Kidd and A. Orenalis

have not been served.1

Although a plaintiff who is incarcerated and proceeding in forma pauperis may

rely on service by the Marshal, such plaintiff “may not remain silent and do nothing to

effectuate such service”; rather, “[a]t a minimum, a plaintiff should request service upon

the appropriate defendant and attempt to remedy any apparent defects of which [he] has

knowledge.” Rochon v. Dawson, 828 F.2d 1107, 1110 (5th Cir. 1987). Here, Plaintiff's

complaint has been pending for over 90 days, and thus, absent a showing of “good

cause,” is subject to dismissal without prejudice. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(m). Accordingly,

Plaintiff’s claims against Defendants J. Kidd and A. Orenalis are DISMISSED without

prejudice.

The Clerk shall terminate these defendants and remove them from the Docket.

DATED: 

EDWARD J. DAVILA

United States District Judge

1/13/2016

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