James v. Ely State Prison et al
Plaintiff: Kelvin Laneil James
Defendant: R. Caraway and Ely State Prison
Case Number: 2:2024cv01871
Filed: October 7, 2024
Court: US District Court for the District of Nevada
Presiding Judge: Jennifer A Dorsey
Referring Judge: Brenda Weksler
Nature of Suit: Prisoner: Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42 U.S.C. ยง 1983 Prisoner Civil Rights
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
November 25, 2024 Filing 16 MOTION for Default Judgment by Plaintiff Kelvin Laneil James. Responses due by 12/9/2024. (MAM)
November 21, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 15 ORDER denying #7 Motion/Application for Leave to Proceed in forma pauperis as duplicative and incomplete. It is further ordered that #12 & #14 Motions for Entry of Clerks Default and #10 Notice for Service by Publication and #11 Notice of Waiver of Service of Process are denied. Signed by Magistrate Judge Brenda Weksler on 11/21/2024. (For Distribution by law library.)(Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - MAM)
November 18, 2024 Filing 14 MOTION for Entry of Clerk's Default by Plaintiff Kelvin Laneil James. Responses due by 12/2/2024. (Attachments: #1 Proposed Order)(MAM)
November 12, 2024 Filing 13 MINUTE ORDER IN CHAMBERS of the Honorable Magistrate Judge Brenda Weksler on 11/12/2024. By Deputy Clerk: RJDG. Documents submitted by: Kelvin Laneil James. MOTIONS - A document requesting a court order must be styled as a motion, not a letter. See Local Rule IA 10-2. Letters to a judge will be disregarded. See Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 7. OTHER - This filing appears to have been submitted to the wrong court. Please file with the intended court. (For Distribution by law library.) (Attachments: #1 Attachment)(Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - RJDG)
November 12, 2024 Filing 12 MOTION for Entry of Clerk's Default by Plaintiff Kelvin Laneil James. Responses due by 11/26/2024. (RJDG)
November 4, 2024 Filing 11 NOTICE of Lawsuit and Request for Waiver of Service of Summons by Kelvin Laneil James. (RJDG)
October 23, 2024 Filing 10 NOTICE of Order for Service by Publication by Kelvin Laneil James. (MAM)
October 22, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 9 GENERAL ORDER 2012-01. In the Matter of: Mandatory Electronic Submission of NDOC Prisoner Documents. Order sent to Plaintiff. Law librarian: please provide a copy of this order to Kelvin Laneil James. (DLS)
October 21, 2024 Filing 8 MOTION for Appointment of Counsel and Request for Evidentiary Hearing, by Plaintiff Kelvin Laneil James. (DLS)
October 21, 2024 Filing 7 MOTION/APPLICATION for Leave to Proceed in forma pauperis by Plaintiff Kelvin Laneil James. (DLS)
October 18, 2024 Filing 6 MOTION/APPLICATION for Leave to Proceed in forma pauperis by Plaintiff Kelvin Laneil James. (MAM)
October 18, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 5 ORDER - It is therefore ordered that Plaintiff has until December 17, 2024, to either pay the full $405 filing fee or file a new fully complete application to proceed in forma pauperis with all three required documents. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send plaintiff Kelvin James the approved form application to proceed in forma pauperis for an inmate and instructions for the same, and to retain the complaint (ECF No. #1 -1) but not file it at this time. Signed by Magistrate Judge Brenda Weksler on 10/18/2024. (For Distribution by law library.) (Attachments: #1 IFP form/Instruction)(Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - DLS)
October 9, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 4 GENERAL ORDER 2012-01. In the Matter of: Mandatory Electronic Submission of NDOC Prisoner Documents. Order sent to Plaintiff. Law librarian: please provide a copy of this order to Kelvin Laneil James. (DRM)
October 8, 2024 Filing 1 Mail Returned as Undeliverable re Judge Assignment addressed to Kelvin Laneil James via ESP Law Library. (DLS)
October 7, 2024 Filing 3 ADVISORY LETTER to litigant. (For Distribution by law library.) (DRM)
October 7, 2024 Filing 2 RECEIPT of Initiating Documents by Court on behalf of Plaintiff. No Application to Proceed IFP or Filing Fee received. (Attachments: #1 Complaint, #2 Proposed Notice and Waiver) (DRM)
October 7, 2024 Case randomly assigned to Judge Jennifer A. Dorsey and Magistrate Judge Brenda Weksler. (RJDG)

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Plaintiff: Kelvin Laneil James
Represented By: Law Library - High Desert State Prison
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