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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CESARIO VIZCARRA MEDINA,

Plaintiff,

v.

CDCR, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:22-cv-00764-ADA-EPG (PC)

ORDER RE: PLAINTIFF’S REQUEST FOR 

STATUS OF SERVICE OF SUBPOENA 

AND TO ADD A DEFENDANT

(ECF No. 16)

Cesario Medina (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action 

filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 

On February 21, 2023, Plaintiff filed a request for a status of service of his subpoena for 

documents to identify the Doe defendants, as well as a request to add a defendant. (ECF No. 16).

As to Plaintiff’s request for a status of service of his subpoena, the Court has reviewed the 

docket, and no return of service has been filed. The Court has contacted the United States 

Marshals Office (“USMS”), and was informed that the return of service should be filed in the 

near future. As the return of service has not yet been filed, the Court will extend Plaintiff’s 

deadline to file a motion to substitute named defendants in place of Doe ISU Officers 1-3.

As to Plaintiff’s request to add a defendant, it will be denied without prejudice. Plaintiff 

appears to be asking to amend his complaint. However, Plaintiff did not file an amended 

complaint along with his motion.1 If Plaintiff chooses to refile his motion to amend, he should 

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“If filing a document requires leave of court, such as an amended complaint after the time to amend as a 

matter of course has expired, counsel shall attach the document proposed to be filed as an exhibit to moving papers 

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explain the changes he is attempting to make to his complaint and include a copy of the proposed 

amended complaint. If Plaintiff’s refiled motion to amend is granted, the Court will screen 

Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint.

Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff has until April 10, 2023, to file a motion to substitute named defendants in 

place of Doe ISU Officers 1-3. Failure to file a motion to substitute by this deadline 

may result in the dismissal of the unidentified defendants; and

2. Plaintiff’s request to add a defendant is denied, without prejudice.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 22, 2023 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

(...continued)

seeking such leave....” Local Rule 137(c). See also Local Rule 183(a) (“All obligations placed on ‘counsel’ by 

these Rules apply to individuals appearing in propria persona.”). The Court also notes that Local Rule 220 requires 

that “every pleading to which an amendment or supplement is permitted as a matter of right or has been allowed by 

court order shall be retyped and filed so that it is complete in itself without reference to the prior or superseded 

pleading,” “[u]nless prior approval to the contrary is obtained from the Court.” Local Rule 220. 

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