(PC) Hand v. Management and Training Corporation
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
JEHU HAND, 1:20-cv-00819-GSA (PC)
Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR
ISSUANCE OF SUMMONS AS
vs. PREMATURE (ECF No. 13.) MANAGEMENT AND TRAINING CORPORATION, et al., 12 Defendants.
15 I. BACKGROUND Jehu Hand (“Plaintiff”) is a former federal prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with this civil rights action pursuant to Bivens vs. Six Unknown Agents, 403 U.S. 388 (1971). On June 12, 2020, Plaintiff filed the Complaint commencing this action. (ECF No. 1.) On January 7, 2021, Plaintiff filed the First Amended Complaint as a matter of course. (ECF No. 2.) On May 3, 2021, Plaintiff filed a motion for the court to issue a summons to initiate service of process upon the defendant in this case. (ECF No. 13.) II. SCREENING AND SERVICE OF PROCESS The court is required by law to screen complaints brought by prisoners seeking relief against a governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental…