Whitfield

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 STEVEN WHITFIELD, Case No. 1:22-cv-00141-KES-CDB

Plaintiff, FIRST SCREENING ORDER REQUIRING A

RESPONSE FROM PLAINTIFF

v. (Doc. 1) KHALIB SALEH, et al.,

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

Defendants. MOTION FOR LEAVE TO AMEND

(Doc. 37)

21-DAY DEADLINE

Plaintiff Steven Whitfield (“Plaintiff”), proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, initiated this action with the filing of a complaint on February 2, 2022. (Docs. 1, 4). On February 24, 2023, the Court directed the United States Marshal to serve service documents upon individual Defendants Kimberly Long and Darrell Long (“individual Defendants”) and Defendant Khalib Saleh, owner of CaliMex Supermarket (“Defendant” or “Saleh”). (Doc. 16). Summons returned executed were filed on May 3, 2023, with all responses to the complaint due on May 16, 2023. (Doc. 18). Individual Defendants filed their unopposed motion to dismiss…