Akins v. Panye et al
Plaintiff: Thomas L. Akins
Defendant: Housing Lieutenant H. Velasquez and Secretary of FL DOC R. Dixon
Case Number: 2:2025cv00346
Filed: April 28, 2025
Court: U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
Presiding Judge: Sheri Polster Chappell
Referring Judge: Nicholas P Mizell
Nature of Suit: Prisoner: Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Prisoner Civil Rights
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
September 30, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 29 ENDORSED ORDER granting the plaintiff's Request for an Enlargement of Time (Doc. #28). The plaintiff may respond to the defendant's motion to dismiss by 10/27/2025. Signed by Magistrate Judge Nicholas P. Mizell on 9/30/2025. (NMC)
September 26, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 28 MOTION for Extension of Time to File Brief in Opposition to Defendant's Motion to Dismiss by Thomas L. Akins. (Attachments: #1 Mailing Envelope)(JTM) Motions referred to Magistrate Judge Nicholas P. Mizell.
September 22, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 27 ENDORSED ORDER denying as moot plaintiff Thomas Akins' Motion to Withdraw Letter to the Court (Doc. #26), which requests withdrawal of a filing the court construed as a motion to compel. The court already denied the construed motion. (See Doc. #25). Signed by Magistrate Judge Nicholas P. Mizell on 9/22/2025. (NMC)
September 19, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 26 MOTION to Withdraw Letter to the Court by Thomas L. Akins. (Attachments: #1 Mailing Envelope)(ABM) Motions referred to Magistrate Judge Nicholas P. Mizell.
September 11, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 25 ORDER granting #22 Motion to Stay Discovery. If Akins's complaint survives dismissal, the court will set a discovery deadline in a case management and scheduling order. The parties may then renew discovery; denying #24 Motion to Compel, but if he needs any extensions of time while his administrative actions are pending, he may request them. Signed by Magistrate Judge Nicholas P. Mizell on 9/11/2025. (BGS)
September 8, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 23 Statement by Lamar Brooks. (Attachments: #1 Mailing Envelope)(ABM)
September 8, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 22 MOTION to Stay Discovery until the Court Rules on Defendant's Motion to Dismiss by H. Velasquez. (Wilcox-Petrites, Michele) Motions referred to Magistrate Judge Nicholas P. Mizell.
September 8, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 21 MOTION to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim by H. Velasquez. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Ex. 1. Disciplinary Report February 5, 2025, #2 Exhibit Ex. 2. Emergency Formal Grievance 2502 510 096, #3 Exhibit Ex. 3. Formal Grievance Re Heater 2502 510 064, #4 Exhibit Ex. 4. Informal Grievance Re cell F2 204 510 2502 0321)(Wilcox-Petrites, Michele)
September 5, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 24 MOTION to Compel by Thomas L. Akins. (Attachments: #1 Mailing Envelope)(JTM) Motions referred to Magistrate Judge Nicholas P. Mizell.
September 5, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 20 ENDORSED ORDER striking the plaintiff's First Request for Production of Documents (Doc. #19). Discovery requests "must not be filed until they are used in the proceeding or the court orders filing[.]" Fed. R. Civ. P. 5(d)(1)(A). Signed by Magistrate Judge Nicholas P. Mizell on 9/5/2025. (NMC)
September 2, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 19 STRICKEN PER 20 ORDER. MOTION to Produce Documents by Thomas L. Akins. (Attachments: #1 Mailing Envelope)(JTM) Motions referred to Magistrate Judge Nicholas P. Mizell. Modified docket text on 9/5/2025 (JOS).
September 2, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 18 ENDORSED ORDER granting the defendant's Motion for Extension of Time to Answer Plaintiff's First Set of Interrogatories (Doc. #17). The defendant's responses are due by 9/30/2025. Signed by Magistrate Judge Nicholas P. Mizell on 9/2/2025. (NMC)
August 29, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 17 MOTION for Extension of Time to File Response/Reply to PLAINTIFF'S FIRST SET OF INTERROGATORIES by H. Velasquez. (Wilcox-Petrites, Michele) Motions referred to Magistrate Judge Nicholas P. Mizell.
July 18, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 16 NOTICE of inquiry by Thomas L. Akins. Clerk responded with courtesy copy of docket sheet. (Attachments: #1 Mailing Envelope)(LAW)
July 16, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 15 WAIVER of service returned executed on 07/16/2025 by H. Velasquez as to H. Velasquez. (Wilcox-Petrites, Michele)
July 16, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 14 NOTICE of Appearance by Michele Wilcox-Petrites on behalf of H. Velasquez (Wilcox-Petrites, Michele)
July 16, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 13 WAIVER of service returned executed on 07/16/2025 by H. Velasquez as to H. Velasquez. (Wilcox-Petrites, Michele)
June 30, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 12 AMENDED COMPLAINT against All Defendants filed by Thomas L. Akins docketed per 11 Endorsed Order. Related document: #1 Complaint, filed by Thomas L. Akins. (Attachments: #1 Exhibits)(FLY)
June 30, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 11 ENDORSED ORDER granting plaintiff Thomas Akins' Motion for Leave to File an Amended Complaint (Doc. #10). Akins in entitled to amend his complaint once as a matter of course. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a). The Clerk is directed to docket Doc. [10-1] as an amended complaint, with Doc. [10-2] attached as exhibits. Signed by Magistrate Judge Nicholas P. Mizell on 6/30/2025. (NMC)
June 23, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 10 MOTION to Amend #1 Complaint, by Thomas L. Akins. (Attachments: #1 Amended Complaint, #2 Exhibits, #3 Mailing Envelope)(ABM) Motions referred to Magistrate Judge Nicholas P. Mizell.
May 28, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 9 CERTIFICATE of interested persons and corporate disclosure statement by Thomas L. Akins. (Attachments: #1 Mailing Envelope)(ABM)
May 27, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 8 NOTICE of a related action per Local Rule 1.07(c) by Thomas L. Akins. Related case(s): No (Attachments: #1 Mailing Envelope)(ABM)
May 19, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 7 ORDER Regarding Service of Process. Notice to Plaintiff and directions to the Clerk. Signed by Magistrate Judge Nicholas P. Mizell on 5/19/2025. (Attachments: #1 Complaint)(BGS)
May 15, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 6 OPINION AND ORDER. Akins' claims against Defendants Richter and Payne are DISMISSED without prejudice. The Clerk is DIRECTED to terminate Richter and Payne as parties to this case. Signed by Judge Sheri Polster Chappell on 5/15/2025. (BGS)
May 13, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 5 ORDER granting #2 Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis to the extent that the case may proceed without the prepayment of the filing fee. Akins is ultimately responsible for the entire $350 filing fee. See 28 U.S.C. 1915(b)(1). Akins is ultimately responsible for payment of the filing fee if the agency with custody over him lapses in its duty to make payments on his behalf. If he is transferred to another facility, he must ensure that the new facility is informed about this case and the required monthly payments. He should keep a copy of this order for that purpose. The Clerk of Court shall mail a copy of this order to the Charlotte Correctional Institution, Inmate Trust Department. Signed by Magistrate Judge Nicholas P. Mizell on 5/13/2025. (BGS)
May 1, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 4 STANDING ORDER for all incarcerated pro se litigants. Signed by All Divisional Judges on 5/1/2025. (WRW)
May 1, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 3 CIVIL Action Order for Confined Plaintiff Signed by All Divisional Judges on 5/1/2025. (WRW)
April 28, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 2 MOTION to Proceed In Forma Pauperis by Thomas L. Akins. (Attachments: #1 Mailing Envelope)(ABM) Motions referred to Magistrate Judge Nicholas P. Mizell.
April 28, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 1 COMPLAINT against S. Panye, Richter, H. Velasquez with Jury Demand filed by Thomas L. Akins. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A-H, #2 Mailing Envelope)(ABM) (Additional attachment(s) added on 4/30/2025: #3 Proposed Summons) (ABM). Modified text on 5/2/2025 (LNR).

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