Maggay v. Micke ( 2023 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RODERICK MAGGAY, 11 Case No. 21-cv-04994 BLF Plaintiff, 12 ORDER DIRECTING PLAINTIFF v. TO PROVIDE MORE 13 INFORMATION FOR DEFENDANT DEPUTY PEREZ 14 OFFICER MICKE, et. al, 15 Defendants. 16 17 18 Plaintiff, a federal prisoner, who is currently confined at the Federal Correctional 19 Institution at Herlong, filed a civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against 20 several officers at the Santa Rita County Jail (“Jail”). Dkt. No. 1. Plaintiff’s complaint, 21 Dkt. No. 11, is the operative complaint in this matter as Plaintiff failed to file a second 22 amended complaint in the time provided by the court order filed on July 14, 2022. See 23 Dkt. No. 25; Dkt. No. 36 at 1-2. On January 17, 2023, the Court ordered service of the 24 amended complaint and directed Defendant Deputy Perez1 to file a dispositive motion or 25 notice regarding such motion. Dkt. No. 36 at 4. The Clerk sent a Request for Waiver of 26 1 Plaintiff filed a “motion for clarification” in which he indicated that the proper Defendant 27 should be Deputy Perez rather than Officer Perry. Dkt. No. 24. Accordingly, the Court 1 Service to Officer Perez at the Jail. Dkt. No. 37. On January 26, 2023, Defendant Micke2 2 filed a Notice of Non-Service of Officer Perez, stating that “Officer Perez, and formerly 3 designated as Officer ‘Perry’, is not employed by the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office, 4 nor has he been so employed since prior to when Alameda County Sheriff’s Office first 5 received the initial Request to Waive Service of Summons for ‘Officer Perry’ in this case.” 6 Dkt. No. 38 at 1. Accordingly, Defendant Perez, or “Perry,” has not been served. 7 Although a plaintiff who is incarcerated and proceeding in forma pauperis may rely 8 on service by the Marshal, such plaintiff “may not remain silent and do nothing to 9 effectuate such service”; rather, “[a]t a minimum, a plaintiff should request service upon 10 the appropriate defendant and attempt to remedy any apparent defects of which [he] has 11 knowledge.” Rochon v. Dawson, 828 F.2d 1107, 1110 (5th Cir. 1987). Here, Plaintiff’s 12 complaint has been pending for over 90 days, and thus, absent a showing of “good cause,” 13 claims against Defendant Perez are subject to dismissal without prejudice. See Fed. R. 14 Civ. P. 4(m). Plaintiff must remedy the situation by providing more information regarding 15 Defendant Perez’ identity and current whereabouts or face dismissal of his claims against 16 this Defendant without prejudice. See Walker v. Sumner, 14 F.3d 1415, 1421-22 (9th Cir. 17 1994) (holding prisoner failed to show cause why prison official should not be dismissed 18 under Rule 4(m) where prisoner failed to show he had provided Marshal with sufficient 19 information to effectuate service). 20 For the foregoing reasons, the Court orders Plaintiff to file a notice providing the 21 Court with more information regarding the current whereabouts for Defendant Deputy 22 Perez or sufficient identifying information such that the Marshal is able to effect service. 23 If Plaintiff fails to provide the Court with the information requested within twenty-eight 24 (28) days of the date this order is filed, Plaintiff’s claims against Defendant Perez shall be 25 dismissed without prejudice pursuant to Rule 4(m) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 26 1 without further notice to Plaintiff. 2 IT IS SO ORDERED. 3 || Dated: __ February 7, 2023_ felinfhacncen 4 BETH LABSON FREEMAN United States District Judge 5 6 7 8 9 10 1] 12 2B 15 16 17 O Z 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Order Directing Pl. to Provide Court More Info. for Def. Perez PRO-SE\BLF\CR.21\04994Maggay_more info 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26