UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY

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 :

JOSEPH NATHAN SINGLETARY, III, :

 : Civil Action No. 

Plaintiff, : 11-0392 (RMB)

 :

v. : ORDER

 :

BURLINGTON COUNTY JAIL et al., :

 :

Defendants. :

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For the reasons expressed in the Memorandum Opinion filed

herewith, 

IT IS on this 2nd day of March 2012,

ORDERED that the Clerk shall reopen this matter for the

purposes of this Court’s examination of Plaintiff’s amended

complaint, Docket Entry No. 6, and Plaintiff’s renewed motion for

appointment of pro bono counsel, Docket Entry No. 7, by making a

new and separate entry on the docket reading, “CIVIL CASE

REOPENED”; and it is further

ORDERED that Plaintiff’s amended complaint, Docket Entry No.

6, is dismissed; and it is further

ORDERED that all Plaintiff’s challenges except for his

allegation that Nurse Maurice found that no medical care for

Plaintiff’s alleged injury was needed because the “swelling would

go away” are dismissed with prejudice, for failure to state a claim

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upon which relief can be granted; and it is further

ORDERED that Plaintiff’s allegations that Nurse Maurice found

that no medical care for Plaintiff’s alleged injury was needed

because the “swelling would go away” are dismissed without

prejudice; and it is further

ORDERED that, within sixty days from the date of entry of this

Order, Plaintiff shall file his second amended complaint

elaborating, in detail, on the events of – as well as the exact

date (if known), the circumstances and other statements uttered in

the process of – Plaintiff’s medical visit with Nurse Maurice

during which Nurse Maurice allegedly stated that Plaintiff needed

no medical treatment and the “swelling would go away”; and it is

further

ORDERED that Plaintiff’s renewed motion for appointment of pro

bono counsel, Docket Entry No. 7, is dismissed without prejudice,

as premature; and it is further

ORDERED that the Clerk shall administratively terminate this

matter by making a new and separate entry on the docket reading,

“CIVIL CASE TERMINATED”; and it is further

ORDERED that administrative termination is not a final

dismissal on merits and, in the event Plaintiff timely submits his

second amended complaint, the Court will direct the Clerk to reopen

this matter and will screen Plaintiff’s second amended complaint on

merits; and it is further

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ORDERED that administrative termination shall have no effect

on the timeliness of Plaintiff’s challenges, provided that

Plaintiff handed his original complaint to his prison officials for

mailing to this Court within the applicable period of limitations;

and it is further

ORDERED that no statement made in this Order and/or Memorandum

Opinion filed herewith shall be construed as indicative of this

Court withdrawing its jurisdiction over this matter; and it is

finally

ORDERED that the Clerk shall serve this Order and Memorandum

Opinion filed herewith upon Plaintiff by certified mail, return

receipt requested, and shall enclose in said mailing a blank civil

complaint form.

s/Renée Marie Bumb 

RENÉE MARIE BUMB,

United States District Judge

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