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

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DURRELL PUCKETT,

Plaintiff,

v.

T. W. STEADMAN, et al.,

Defendants.

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Case No. 1:13-cv-00834-SKO (PC)

ORDER VACATING DISMISSAL AND 

JUDGMENT

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Plaintiff Durrell Puckett, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed 

this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on June 3, 2013. On February 26, 2015, the 

Court dismissed this action, without prejudice, based on Plaintiff’s failure to comply with the 

order to submit service documents. On February 23, 2015, Plaintiff filed the notice and service 

documents but his notice was not docketed until February 26, 2015, subsequent to the Court’s 

dismissal of the case. Because the filing date of Plaintiff’s notice precedes the dismissal by three 

days, the Court will vacate the dismissal and judgment in the interest of justice. Fed. R. Civ. P. 

60(a). However, Plaintiff is admonished that he is required to timely comply with orders. 

Plaintiff was required to submit the service documents within thirty days but he failed to comply 

until almost sixty days had passed.

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Based on the foregoing, the dismissal order and judgment are HEREBY VACATED. Fed. 

R. Civ. P. 60(a).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 3, 2015 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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