Beaulieu v. NH Department of Corrections, Commissioner et al

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
Christopher Robert Beaulieu
v. 	Civil No. 14-cv-280-SM
William Wrenn, Commissioner,
New Hampshire Department of
Corrections, et al.1
O R D E R
Before the Court is plaintiff Christopher Beaulieu’s
Complaint (doc. no. 1), alleging that New Hampshire Department
of Corrections Commissioner William Wrenn and New Hampshire
State Prison (“NHSP”) administrators and officers violated
Beaulieu’s federal constitutional rights. 	The matter is here
for preliminary review, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A and LR
4.3(d)(1).
For reasons stated in the Report and Recommendation issued
this date (the “R&R”), the Court orders service upon NHSP
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Defendants named by Beaulieu are New Hampshire Department
of Corrections (“DOC”) Commissioner William Wrenn, DOC Director
of Security and Training Christopher Kench, and the following
New Hampshire State Prison employees: 	Social Worker Barbara T.
Slayton; Administrators Helen Hanks and Kevin Stevenson; Capt.
Charles G. Boyajian; Capt. Paul Cascio; Corrections Officer
(“C.O.”) Kum, whose first name is unknown (“FNU”); C.O. John
Aulis; C.O. Aaron Belanger; C.O. Michael Dube; C.O. Ed Kirrane;
C.O. John Rose; C.O. FNU Salice; C.O. Michael Shepley; Hearing
Officer Leavitt J. Barton; Lt. Paul N. Courchesne; Lt. Joseph
Michaud; Sgt. Ken Brown; Sgt. Eric Barbaro; Sgt. Christopher
Bernstein; and Nurse Practitioners Cathy Fontaine and Emily
Bryant.
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Corrections Officers John Aulis, Aaron Belanger, Ed Kirrane, FNU
Salice, and Michael Shepley, with respect to Claims 1-3, as
numbered in the R&R. 	The Clerk is directed to serve electronic
copies of this Order, the R&R; and the Complaint (doc. no. 1),
on the New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General (“AG”), as
provided in the Agreement on Acceptance of Service.
Within thirty days from receipt of these materials, the AG
must submit an Acceptance of Service notice to the Court
specifying whether all of the defendants have authorized the AG
to receive service on their behalf. 	When the AG files the
Acceptance of Service, service will be deemed made on the last
day of the thirty-day period for all defendants who accept AG
representation.
If any defendant does not authorize the AG to receive
service on his or her behalf, or the AG declines to represent
any defendant, the AG shall, within thirty days from receipt of
the aforementioned materials, provide to the Court the last
known address of any such defendant. 	In that event, the Clerk
is instructed to complete and issue a summons for each
defendant, using the last known address provided, and forward
the summons, along with the documents listed above, to the
United States Marshal for the District of New Hampshire, to
complete service on each of those defendants pursuant to Fed. R.
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Civ. P. 4(c)(3) and 4(e).
Defendants are instructed to answer or otherwise plead
within twenty-one days of service. 	See Fed. R. Civ. P.
12(a)(1)(A).
Plaintiff is instructed that all future pleadings, written
motions, notices, or similar papers shall be served directly on
the defendants by delivering or mailing the materials to the
defendants or their attorney(s), pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P.
5(b).
SO ORDERED.
______________________________
Andrea K. Johnstone
United States Magistrate Judge
August 20, 2014
cc: 	Christopher Robert Beaulieu, pro se
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