Stewart, Steven v. Block, Melissa et al

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN
STEVEN D. STEWART,
Plaintiff,
v.
MELISSA M. BLOCK, DENISE
VALERIUS, LUCINDA BUCHANAN,
MESHAWN M. GARDNER, MARIROSE
HOWELL, APRIL COEY and JEANIE M.
KRAMER,1
Defendants.
ORDER
Case No. 25-cv-148-jdp
In an order entered on December 4, 2025, plaintiff Steven D. Stewart was granted leave
to proceed against defendants Melissa M. Block, Denise Valerius, Lucinda Buchanan,
Meshawn M. Gardner, Marirose Howell, April Coey and Jeanie M. Kramer. 	The Wisconsin
Department of Justice filed a notice indicating that it does not appear on behalf of defendant
Meshawn M. Gardner. Because plaintiff paid the full $405 filing fee, he is not proceeding in
forma pauperis, which means that 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d) does not require that the court effect
service on his behalf. 	Rather, I am directing the clerk’s office to forward the summons,
complaint and a copy of the court’s December 4, 2025, screening order to the plaintiff to serve
on defendant 	Meshawn M. Gardner following a method approved under Fed. R. Civ. P. 4.
Attached to this order is the “Procedure for Serving a Complaint on an Individual in a Federal
Lawsuit.”
1 I have changed the case caption to include the full names of defendants Lucina Buchanan, Marirose Howell and
April Coey as listed in the Acceptance of Service, dkt. 6.
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ORDER
IT IS ORDERED that the clerk’s office is directed to forward the summons and a copy
of the complaint, the court’s December 4, 2025, screening order to plaintiff to arrange for
service on defendant Meshawn M. Gardner. Plaintiff is to promptly serve defendant Meshawn
M. Gardner and file proof of service as soon as service has been accomplished.
Entered this 23rd day of January, 2026.
BY THE COURT:
/s/
ANDREW R. WISEMAN
United States Magistrate Judge
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