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Parties Involved:
Anthony Oliver
Plaintiff
Square Inc.
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ANTHONY OLIVER, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

SQUARE INC., 

Defendant. 

Case No.19-cv-04110-JSC 

ORDER OF SERVICE 

INTRODUCTION 

Plaintiff, an inmate at the Chatham County Detention Facility in Savannah, Georgia, filed 

this pro se civil rights complaint against a Square, Inc., a corporation with its principal place of 

business in San Francisco, California, for violations of the Telephone Consumer Protections Act 

(“TCPA”), 47 U.S.C. § 277, et seq..1 Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis is 

granted in a separate order. For the reasons explained below, the complaint is ordered served upon 

Defendant. 

STANDARD OF REVIEW 

Federal courts must engage in a preliminary screening of cases in which prisoners seek 

redress from a governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity. 28 U.S.C. § 

1915A(a). The Court must identify cognizable claims or dismiss the complaint, or any portion of 

the complaint, if the complaint “is frivolous, malicious, or fails to state a claim upon which relief 

may be granted,” or “seeks monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such relief.” Id.

§ 1915A(b). Pro se pleadings must be liberally construed. Balistreri v. Pacifica Police Dep't, 901 

F.2d 696, 699 (9th Cir. 1990). 

 

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 Plaintiff consented to the jurisdiction of a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 

636(c). (Dkt. 5.) 

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Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(a)(2) requires only “a short and plain statement of the 

claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief.” “Specific facts are not necessary; the 

statement need only give the defendant fair notice of what the . . . . claim is and the grounds upon 

which it rests.” Erickson v. Pardus, 127 S. Ct. 2197, 2200 (2007) (citations omitted). Although to 

state a claim a complaint “does not need detailed factual allegations, . . . a plaintiff's obligation to 

provide the grounds of his entitle[ment] to relief requires more than labels and conclusions, and a 

formulaic recitation of the elements of a cause of action will not do. . . . Factual allegations must 

be enough to raise a right to relief above the speculative level.” Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 

127 S. Ct. 1955, 1964-65 (2007) (citations omitted). A complaint must proffer “enough facts to 

state a claim for relief that is plausible on its face.” Id. at 1974. 

To state a claim under 42 U.S.C. ' 1983, a plaintiff must allege two elements: (1) that a 

right secured by the Constitution or laws of the United States was violated, and (2) that the alleged 

violation was committed by a person acting under the color of state law. West v. Atkins, 487 U.S. 

42, 48 (1988). 

LEGAL CLAIMS

Plaintiff’s allegations that Defendant’s agents, without Plaintiff’s consent, sent him a text 

message advertising its money transferring and depositing application, when liberally construed, 

state a cognizable claim for relief under the TCPA. 

CONCLUSION 

1. The Clerk shall issue a summons and Magistrate Judge jurisdiction consent form 

and the United States Marshal shall serve, without prepayment of fees, the summons, Magistrate 

Judge jurisdiction consent form, a copy of the complaint with attachments, and a copy of this 

order on Square, Inc., in San Francisco, California. 

2. Defendant shall complete and file the Magistrate Judge jurisdiction consent form 

within the deadline provided on the form. Defendant shall also file an answer in accordance with 

the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 

3. To expedite the resolution of this case: 

a. No later than 91 days from the date this order is issued, Defendant shall file a

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motion for summary judgment or other dispositive motion. The motion shall be supported 

by adequate factual documentation and shall conform in all respects to Federal Rule of 

Civil Procedure 56. If Defendant is of the opinion that this case cannot be resolved by 

summary judgment, it shall so inform the Court prior to the date the summary judgment 

motion is due. All papers filed with the Court shall be promptly served on Plaintiff. 

b. At the time the dispositive motion is served, Defendant shall also serve, on a 

separate paper, the appropriate notice required by Rand v. Rowland, 154 F.3d 952, 953-954 

(9th Cir. 1998) (en banc). See Woods v. Carey, 684 F.3d 934, 940-941 (9th Cir. 2012). 

c. Plaintiff's opposition to the dispositive motion, if any, shall be filed with the 

Court and served upon Defendant no later than 28 days from the date the motion is filed. 

Plaintiff must read the attached page headed “NOTICE -- WARNING,” which is provided 

to him pursuant to Rand v. Rowland, 154 F.3d 952, 953-954 (9th Cir. 1998) (en banc). 

d. Defendant shall file a reply brief no later than 14 days after the opposition is 

filed. 

e. The motion shall be deemed submitted as of the date the reply brief is due. No 

hearing will be held on the motion unless the Court so orders at a later date. 

4. All communications by Plaintiff with the Court must be served on Defendant or its 

counsel once counsel has been designated, by mailing a true copy of the document to Defendant or 

its counsel. 

5. Discovery may be taken in accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 

No further Court order under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 30(a)(2) is required before the 

parties may conduct discovery. 

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6. It is Plaintiff's responsibility to prosecute this case. Plaintiff must keep the Court 

informed of any change of address by filing a separate paper with the clerk headed “Notice of 

Change of Address.” He also must comply with the Court's orders in a timely fashion. Failure to 

do so may result in the dismissal of this action for failure to prosecute pursuant to Federal Rule of 

Civil Procedure 41(b). Reasonable requests for an extension of a deadline will be allowed upon a 

showing of good cause if the request is filed prior to the deadline. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: August 7, 2019 

 

JACQUELINE SCOTT CORLEY 

United States Magistrate Judge 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ANTHONY OLIVER, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

SQUARE INC., 

Defendant. 

Case No. 19-cv-04110-JSC 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. 

District Court, Northern District of California. 

That on August 7, 2019, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing 

said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by 

depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery 

receptacle located in the Clerk's office. 

Anthony Oliver ID: #2019040074 

Chatham County Detention Facility

1050 Carl Griffin Drive 

Savannah, GA 31405 

Dated: August 7, 2019 

Susan Y. Soong 

Clerk, United States District Court 

By:________________________ 

Ada Means, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable JACQUELINE SCOTT CORLEY 

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