Brown v. United States of America ( 2021 )

THE HONORABLE JOHN C. COUGHENOUR 1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 8 AT SEATTLE 9 CECILE A. BROWN, CASE NO. C21-0287-JCC 10 Plaintiff, ORDER 11 v. 12 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al., 13 Defendants. 14 15 This matter comes before the Court sua sponte. The Court understands that Ms. Brown 16 has been calling the Clerk’s Office, the Courtroom Deputy, and Chambers multiple times each 17 day for the past several weeks. Her most recent calls appear to be intended to pressure the 18 Clerk’s Office to issue a summons because she filed an amended complaint last week. However, 19 because Ms. Brown is proceeding in forma pauperis, the Court is reviewing her amended 20 complaints under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e). See Sherman v. Washington, 2020 WL 1445753, slip op. 21 at 2 (W.D. Wash. 2020) (“After granting a request to proceed IFP, the court must screen the 22 complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e).”). Until that review is complete, the Clerk’s Office 23 will not issue a summons. 24 The Court has many cases, and calling the Clerk’s Office, Chambers, and the Courtroom 25 Deputy will not expedite the Court’s review under § 1915. Local Civil Rule 7(b)(5) explains that 26 the Court endeavors to decide motions within 30 days of the date they are ready for the Court’s 1 consideration, and the Court applies a similar standard to § 1915 review. Ms. Brown’s amended 2 complaints were filed, at the earliest, six days ago. (See Dkt. Nos. 16, 17, 18.) Accordingly, the 3 Court ORDERS Ms. Brown to refrain from calling the Clerk’s Office, Chambers, or the 4 Courtroom Deputy to request the issuance of a summons or for the purpose of checking on the 5 status of the Court’s § 1915 review until April 16, 2021. 6 7 DATED this 23rd day of March 2021. A 8 9 10 John C. Coughenour 11 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26