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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JACKIE M. JOHNSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

CALIFORNIA MEDICAL FACILITY, 

et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:15-cv-1609 DAD P

ORDER

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights 

action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. By order filed August 10, 2015, the court dismissed 

plaintiff’s initial complaint, but granted plaintiff leave to file an amended complaint within thirty 

days. (ECF No. 4.) On September 3, 2015, plaintiff filed a motion seeking a court order 

directing personnel at California Medical Facility to allow plaintiff to make copies necessary for 

the filing of his amended complaint.1 (ECF No. 8.) On September 8, 2015, plaintiff filed an 

amended complaint with the court. (ECF No. 9.) The court will deem this amended complaint 

timely-filed, and, as it appears that plaintiff no longer requires a court order in order to file an 

amended complaint, deny the outstanding motion as having been rendered moot.

 

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In his order, plaintiff appeared concerned that, pursuant to Local Rule 130, plaintiff had to 

present his pleadings to the court on paper with numbered lines. In light of the constraints under 

which California state prisons operate, the court does not enforce this requirement in prisoner 

civil rights and habeas cases.

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s first amended complaint (ECF No. 9) is deemed timely-filed.

2. Plaintiff’s motion for a court order requiring California Medical Facility to make 

copies is denied as moot.

Dated: October 8, 2015

DAD:10

john1609.copies.deny

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