Houston v. Taylor County Jail et al
Plaintiff: Johnny Dwight Houston, Jr
Defendant: Correct Solutions, Taylor County Jail, csgpay.com, regentpay.com and Central Processing Facility for Jailatm.com
Case Number: 1:2023cv00145
Filed: June 21, 2023
Court: US District Court for the Northern District of Texas
Presiding Judge: Sam R Cummings
Referring Judge: John R Parker
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Pet/Other: Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Prisoner Civil Rights
Jury Demanded By: None
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
August 14, 2023 Filing 14 Administrative Record consisting of Taylor County Detention Center Authenticated Records recieved and hand delivered to JRP Chambers. (skf)
August 14, 2023 Filing 13 Mail returned as undeliverable. #12 Order for Authenticated Records #11 Magistrate Judge's Questionnaire, #10 Notice of Option to Consent to Proceed Before the Magistrate Judge, received back from Johnny Dwight Houston, Jr as not deliverable as addressed, unable to forward. No address update from last filed document. The current document has not been re-mailed. (skf)
August 3, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 12 ORDER FOR AUTHENTICATED RECORDS. It is ORDERED that the officials listed in this Order shall provide the Court with authenticated and verified copies of any and all records pertaining to the specific allegations in Plaintiff's Complaint, including any relevant videos or other surveillance video. The Clerk of Court is directed to provide the above officials with a copy of Plaintiff's Complaint (Dkt. No. #1 ) and the Transfer Order (Dkt. No. #9 ) along with this Order. An authorized custodian of the records of the respective entity must execute the attached Certification of Business Records (Certification) and attach the executed Certification to the records provided to the Court. The records and executed Certification must be provided to the Court on or before August 31, 2023. **Clerk's Note: Copy of Complaint and Transfer Order mailed to listed officials under cover of this Order. (Ordered by Magistrate Judge John R. Parker on 8/3/2023) (skf)
August 3, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 11 MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S QUESTIONNAIRE. Plaintiff is ORDERED to complete the attached Questionnaire. Plaintiff must certify under penalty of perjury that Plaintiff's answers to this Questionnaire are true by signing the included Certification. Plaintiffs responses to the Questionnaire and Plaintiff's certification must both be returned to the United States District Clerk, Abilene Division, P.O. Box 1218, Abilene, Texas, 79604 no later than August 31, 2023. (Ordered by Magistrate Judge John R. Parker on 8/3/2023) (skf)
August 3, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 10 Notice of Option to Consent to Proceed Before the Magistrate Judge. (Clerk to send Consent Form as directed.) If appropriate, party(ies) should return the signed consent form to the clerk within 30 days. (Ordered by Magistrate Judge John R. Parker on 8/3/2023) (skf) (Main Document 10 replaced on 8/3/2023) (skf).
August 3, 2023 ***Clerk's Notice of delivery: (see NEF for details) Docket No:10,11,12. mailed to Johnny Dwight Houston, Jr at Taylor County Detention Center on Thu Aug 3 16:20:16 CDT 2023 (crt)
July 31, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 9 ORDER. The Plaintiff has been permitted to file his complaint and is acting pro se. After an initial review pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1915, the Court is of the opinion that this case should be TRANSFERRED to the docket of the Honorable John R. Parker, United States Magistrate Judge, for further proceedings. This case shall hereafter be numbered Civil Action No. 1:23-cv-00145-BU. Case reassigned to Magistrate Judge John R. Parker for all further proceedings. Senior Judge Sam R Cummings no longer assigned to case. (Ordered by Senior Judge Sam R Cummings on 7/31/2023) (skf)
July 31, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 8 PLRA FILING FEE ORDER. Plaintiff is granted leave to proceed informa pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1915. Plaintiff shall pay the $350.00 in monthly installments as provided in 28 U.S.C. 1915(b)(2). After payment of the initial partial filing fee, if any, the agency having custody of Plaintiff shall deduct 20% ofeach deposit made to Plaintiff's inmate trust account and forward payments to the Court on a regular basis provided the account exceeds $10.00. The Clerk shall mail a copy of this Order to the inmate accounting office or other person(s) or entity with responsibility for assessing, collecting, and remitting to the Court the interim filing fee payments on behalf of inmates, as designated by the facility in which Plaintiff is confined. **Clerk's Note: Copy of Order mailed to Taylor County Detention Center Attn: Inmate Accounting. (Ordered by Senior Judge Sam R Cummings on 7/31/2023) (skf)
July 31, 2023 ***Clerk's Notice of delivery: (see NEF for details) Docket No:8,9. mailed to Johnny Dwight Houston, Jr at Taylor County Detention Center on Mon Jul 31 10:26:21 CDT 2023 (crt)
July 28, 2023 Filing 7 Certificate of Trust Account by Johnny Dwight Houston, Jr TDCJ #82818. (skf)
July 24, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 6 NOTICE OF DEFICIENCY AND ORDER. The Court finds that Plaintiff must, within 20 days from the date of this order, sign the authorization portion of his certificate of inmate trust account and return it to the Clerk for filing. The Clerk will mail to Petitioner a copy of the certificate of inmate trust account (Doc. 4 at 3). (Ordered by Senior Judge Sam R Cummings on 7/24/2023) (amg)
July 24, 2023 ***Clerk's Notice of delivery: (see NEF for details) Docket No: 6, with Petitioner's Certificate of Inmate Trust Account (Doc. 4 at 3), mailed to Johnny Dwight Houston, Jr at Taylor County Detention Center on Mon Jul 24 14:21:42 CDT 2023 (crt)
July 6, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 5 ELECTRONIC NOTICE OF JUDICIAL SCREENING AND STANDING ORDER: Judicial screening of this case is pending. See 28 U.S.C. 1915(e)(2); 28 U.S.C. 1915A(a). It is therefore ORDERED that (1) service of process will be withheld until judicial screening is complete, (2) no motions for appointment of counsel may be filed until the Court has completed the screening process, (3) all discovery in this case is stayed until an answer is filed or until further order, (4) no amendments or supplements may be filed without prior Court approval, and (5) any motion to amend the complaint must be accompanied by a complete proposed amended complaint on the required form. It is further ORDERED that Plaintiff must promptly notify the Court in writing of any change of address. Failure to provide updated address information may result in the dismissal of the case under Fed. R. Civ. 41(b). (Ordered by Senior Judge Sam R Cummings on 7/6/2023) (chmb)
July 6, 2023 ***Clerk's Notice of delivery: (see NEF for details) Docket No:5. mailed to Johnny Dwight Houston, Jr at Taylor County Detention Center on Thu Jul 6 14:10:41 CDT 2023 (crt)
June 21, 2023 Filing 4 MOTION for Leave to Proceed in forma pauperis with certificate of trust account filed by Johnny Dwight Houston, Jr. (skf)
June 21, 2023 Filing 3 Notice and Instruction to Pro Se Party. (skf)
June 21, 2023 Filing 2 New Case Notes: A filing fee has not been paid. No prior sanctions found. (For court use only - links to the #national and #circuit indexes.) Pursuant to Misc. Order 6, Plaintiff is provided the Notice of Right to Consent to Proceed Before A U.S. Magistrate Judge. Clerk to provide copy to plaintiff if not received electronically. (skf)
June 21, 2023 Filing 1 COMPLAINT against All Defendants filed by Johnny Dwight Houston, Jr. Unless exempted, attorneys who are not admitted to practice in the Northern District of Texas must seek admission promptly. Forms, instructions, and exemption information may be found at www.txnd.uscourts.gov, or by clicking here: # Attorney Information - Bar Membership. If admission requirements are not satisfied within 21 days, the clerk will notify the presiding judge. **Clerk's Note: second envelope titled "2 of 2" contained a duplicate copy of the complaint, which was file-stamped and returned to the filer. (Attachments: #1 Additional Page(s)) (skf)
June 21, 2023 ***Clerk's Notice of delivery: (see NEF for details) Docket No:3,2. mailed to Johnny Dwight Houston, Jr at Taylor County Detention Center on Wed Jun 21 15:33:27 CDT 2023 (crt)

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