SHEPARD v. OVERMEYER

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA ERIE DIVISION LORETTA SHEPARD, ) ) Plaintiff ) 1:23-CV-00268-RAL ) vs. ) RICHARD A. LANZILLO ) Chief United States Magistrate Judge MICHELLE OVERMEYER, CAMBRIDGE ) SPRINGS SUPERINTENDENT; ) ORDER KIMBERLY DREISCHALICK, ) CORRECTIONS OFFICER; KELLY ) CLAYPOOLE, CORRECTIONS OFFICER; ECF NO. 51 ) JAMES MORRIS, CORRECTIONS ) OFFICER; STEPHEN HAGGRITY, ) CORRECTIONS OFFICER; ALFONZIA NEWSOME, CORRECTIONS OFFICER; ) TANYA MAYO, CORRECTIONS ) OFFICER; RICHARD MIDDENDORF, ) CORRECTIONS OFFICER; EMBER ) BLINN, CORRECTIONS OFFICER; ) CAPTAIN ERIC BURNS, HEIDI DUGAN, ) ACTING CAPTAIN OF THE SECURITY ) OFFICE; AND SIMEON OBENG, ) ATTENDING PHYSICIAN, ) ) Defendants )

The Court is in receipt of correspondence from the Plaintiff, Loretta Shepard. See ECF No. 51. As was previously explained, the Court does not accept correspondence from litigants.

See ECF No. 44 (text order dated June 7, 2024). All communication to the Court concerning this case must be in the form of a pleading, motion, or response to a motion unless otherwise directed. See Yazici v. MAC Parent LLC, 2024 WL 1558385, at *1 n.4 (W.D. Pa. Apr. 10, 2024). Any relief the Plaintiff seeks from the Court or any argument she wishes the Court to consider must be in the form of a motion or response. The Court will not consider arguments presented in correspondence.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Court notes that Plaintiff has requested an “update” on her case. See ECF 51, p. 1. Construing her correspondence as a motion for a case status update, the Court grants the motion and is enclosing a printed copy of the docket with this Order.

Plaintiffs correspondence also references further instances of retaliation. Jd. Unless presented in a proper motion to amend or supplement her Complaint, along with a proposed amended or supplemental complaint, the Court cannot consider these allegations.

DATED this 16th day of July, 2024.

BY THE COURT: Gea Bier RICHARDA.LANZILLO ——<“—its CHIEF UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE