Edwards v. Rhodes, 3:18-CV-155-JD-MGG. (2019)
Court: District Court, N.D. Indiana
Number: infdco20190215a10
Visitors: 22
Filed: Feb. 14, 2019
Latest Update: Feb. 14, 2019
Summary: OPINION AND ORDER MICHAEL G. GOTSCH, SR. , Magistrate Judge . Scottie R. Edwards, a prisoner without a lawyer, filed a document titled, "Amended Complaint" (ECF 59) but, it is not an amended complaint. Rather, it is a request that he be permitted to amend his complaint by interlineation to add a new defendant. N.D. Ind. L.R. 15-1(b)(2) does not permit an amendment to incorporate another pleading by reference. Nevertheless, he may file an amended complaint. To do so he needs to obtain a Pris
Summary: OPINION AND ORDER MICHAEL G. GOTSCH, SR. , Magistrate Judge . Scottie R. Edwards, a prisoner without a lawyer, filed a document titled, "Amended Complaint" (ECF 59) but, it is not an amended complaint. Rather, it is a request that he be permitted to amend his complaint by interlineation to add a new defendant. N.D. Ind. L.R. 15-1(b)(2) does not permit an amendment to incorporate another pleading by reference. Nevertheless, he may file an amended complaint. To do so he needs to obtain a Priso..
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OPINION AND ORDER
MICHAEL G. GOTSCH, SR., Magistrate Judge.
Scottie R. Edwards, a prisoner without a lawyer, filed a document titled, "Amended Complaint" (ECF 59) but, it is not an amended complaint. Rather, it is a request that he be permitted to amend his complaint by interlineation to add a new defendant. N.D. Ind. L.R. 15-1(b)(2) does not permit an amendment to incorporate another pleading by reference. Nevertheless, he may file an amended complaint. To do so he needs to obtain a Prisoner Complaint (INND Rev. 8/16) form from his prison law library. He needs to complete the form and include the names of all of the defendants he is trying to sue. He needs to include all of the claims he is trying to bring in this case. He needs to explain what each defendant did or did not do which makes that individual defendant financially liable to him. He needs to state when each of these acts or omissions occurred.
For these reasons, this case is STAYED until Scottie R. Edwards has filed and the court has screened his amended complaint as required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915A.
SO ORDERED.
Source: Leagle
