The opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
SHREVEPORT DIVISION
DARRYL DERAMUS, ET AL. CIVIL ACTION NO. 21-1772
SECTION P
VS.
JUDGE S. MAURICE HICKS, JR.
LA. INDIGENT DEFENDER BOARD MAG. JUDGE KAYLA D. MCCLUSKY
ORDER
Plaintiff Darryl Deramus, a prisoner at Claiborne Parish Detention Center (“CPDC”)
proceeding pro se, filed this proceeding on approximately June 21, 2021, under 42 U.S.C. §
1983. Eighteen other prisoners at CPDC (“putative plaintiffs”) seek to join Deramus as co-
plaintiffs.
Local Rule 3.2 provides, “Each pro se prisoner shall file a separate complaint alleging a
violation of [his or her] civil rights.” “[T]he impracticalities and inherent difficulties of
allowing” the signatories “to proceed jointly necessitate” severing each signatory’s claims.
Beaird v. Lappin, 2006 WL 2051034, at *4 (N.D. Tex. July 24, 2006) (detailing the
impracticalities and difficulties).
Here, each putative plaintiff must proceed separately, alleging violations of his
constitutional rights only and either paying his own filing fee or filing his own application to
proceed in forma pauperis.
Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the Clerk of Court SEVER the putative plaintiffs
from this proceeding. The Clerk of Court is further instructed to open a new proceeding for each
putative plaintiff and mail each an application to proceed in forma pauperis and a prisoner civil
rights complaint form.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the motion to waive or divide the filing fee, [doc. #
1, pp. 6-7], is DENIED.
In Chambers, Monroe, Louisiana, this 7th day of July, 2021.
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Kayla D ~lusky
United States Magistrate Judge