BELSKIS v. ORTIZ<font color="red">DO NOT FILE IN THIS CASE</font>

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY ___________________________________ JOSEPH EDWARD BEVIN BELSKIS, : : Plaintiff, : Civ. No. 21-10322 (RBK) (AMD) : v. : : DAVID ORTIZ, et al., : MEMORANDUM & ORDER : Defendants. : ____________________________________:

Plaintiff is a former federal prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil complaint pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”) and Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971). On February 1, 2022, this Court ordered Plaintiff to file a signed copy of his complaint within twenty-one days. (See Dkt. No. 98). On March 1, 2022, after Plaintiff failed to comply with the February 1, 2022 order, this Court struck the complaint pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11(a) and administratively terminated this matter. (See Dkt. No. 100). However, Plaintiff was given thirty days in which he could seek to reopen this action if he submitted a signed complaint. (See id. at 2). On March 2, 2022, this Court received a letter from Plaintiff seeking a sixty-day extension in which to file a signed complaint due to his current health. (See Dkt. No. 101). Given these circumstances, Plaintiff shall have an additional sixty days in which to seek to reopen this action by filing a signed complaint. However, as there remains no operative complaint in this action, this case shall remain administratively terminated during this period. Accordingly, IT IS this 7th day of March, 2022, ORDERED that Plaintiff shall have an additional sixty (60) days from the date of this order in which to seek to reopen this action by filing a signed complaint; and it is further ORDERED that the Clerk shall serve this memorandum and order on Plaintiff by regular U.S. mail.

s/ Robert B. Kugler ROBERT B. KUGLER United States District Judge