Newton v. Akers
Plaintiff: Sye Newton
Defendant: Cordt Cullen Akers d/b/a The Akers Firm
Case Number: 3:2023cv01469
Filed: September 6, 2023
Court: US District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
Presiding Judge: Karoline Mehalchick
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights: Other
Cause of Action: 42 U.S.C. ยง 1983 Civil Rights Act
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
October 25, 2023 Filing 12 FIFTEEN (15) DAY ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER - Within 15 days of the date of this Order, the Warden or other appropriate official of the institution at which Plaintiff is currently incarcerated is directed to provide to the Court, under oath, or declare under penalty of perjury, a statement of the current balance in the Plaintiffs account and a record of the transactions in his account that have occurred with the preceding six (6) months. Order sent to Superintendent and plaintiff. Signed by LP on 10/25/2023. (lp)
October 25, 2023 Filing 11 SECOND THIRTY (30) DAY ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER directing the prisoner to pay the filing fee or file a signed Application to Proceed IFP within 30 days or case will be dismissed. Signed by lp on 10/25/2023. (Attachments: #1 IFP (civil rights)) (lp)
October 25, 2023 Filing 10 UNCERTIFIED Prisoner Trust Fund Account Statement by Sye Newton. (ll) Modified on 10/25/2023 (lp).
October 25, 2023 Filing 9 MOTION for Leave to Proceed in forma pauperis by Sye Newton.(ll) Modified on 10/25/2023 (lp). incorrect form for civil rights matters and not the form sent to plaintiff with thirty (30) day administrative order
October 4, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 8 ORDER granting #5 Motion to Extend Time - Plaintiff filed Interrogatories (Doc. 6; 7). Under the local rules, [i]nterrogatories, requests for disclosures, requests for documents, requests for admissions, and answers and responses thereto shall be served upon other counsel and parties but shall not be filed with the court unless authorized by the federal or local rules or an order of the Court. L.R. 5.4(b) (emphasis added). In the absence of a contemporaneous motion for relief under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, or any other rule or order authorizing filing, these discovery documents are improperly filed. See L.R. 5.4(c). Accordingly, the Clerk is DIRECTED to STRIKE these discovery documents (Docs 6; 7) from the record. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that plaintiffs motion for extension of time to pay the filing fee (Doc. 5) is GRANTED. Plaintiff shall pay the filing fee or submit the Application to Proceed IFP with in thirty (30) days from the date of this order or on or before Friday, November 3, 2023. Signed by Chief MJ Karoline Mehalchick on 10/4/2023 (cw)
October 2, 2023 Filing 7 INTERROGATORIES to Georgette P. Oden by Sye Newton.(ep)
October 2, 2023 Filing 6 INTERROGATORIES to Corot Cullen Akers by Sye Newton.(ep)
October 2, 2023 Filing 5 MOTION for Extension of Time to pay filing fee by Sye Newton.(ep)
September 7, 2023 Filing 4 THIRTY (30) DAY ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER directing the prisoner to pay the filing fee or file a signed Application to Proceed IFP within 30 days or case will be dismissed. Signed by LP on 09/07/2023. (Attachments: #1 IFP (civil rights))(lp)
September 6, 2023 Filing 3 STANDING PRACTICE ORDER (ep)
September 6, 2023 Filing 2 PRO SE LETTER ISSUED providing the case number. (ep)
September 6, 2023 Filing 1 COMPLAINT against Cullen Akers lodged as no filing fee was paid and no Motion for In Forma Pauperis was filed, filed by Sye Newton.(ep)

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