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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RUDY AROCHA,

Plaintiff, No. 2: 11-cv-2959 KJN P

vs.

E. SAUCEDA, et al.,

Defendants. ORDER

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Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding without counsel, with a civil rights action

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the court is plaintiff’s second amended complaint

filed April 16, 2012. (Dkt. No. 21.) For the following reasons, the second amended complaint is

dismissed.

On November 7, 2011, plaintiff filed the original complaint. (Dkt. No. 1.) On

December 9, 2011, the undersigned dismissed plaintiff’s original complaint with leave to amend. 

(Dkt. No. 10.) In this order, the undersigned observed that plaintiff’s complaint was 47 pages

long. (Id. at 4.) The undersigned ordered that plaintiff’s amended complaint could be no longer

than 20 pages. (Id.)

On January 12, 2012, plaintiff filed an 18 page amended complaint. (Dkt. No.

13.) On January 25, 2012, the undersigned issued an order addressing the amended complaint. 

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(Dkt. No. 14.) The undersigned found that plaintiff had stated a colorable claim for violation of

the right to privacy against defendants Sauceda, Hart, Miranda and Munoz. (Id. at 10.) The

other claims were dismissed with thirty days to file a second amended complaint. (Id.) The

January 25, 2012 order stated, “[a]s with the first amended complaint, the undersigned orders that

the second amended complaint may be no longer than twenty pages.” (Id. at 10.) 

On April 16, 2012, plaintiff filed a second amended complaint. (Dkt. No. 21.) 

The second amended complaint is 42 pages long. Because the second amended complaint

exceeds the twenty page limit set in the previous orders, it is dismissed with leave to amend. 

Plaintiff is granted thirty days to file a third amended complaint that does not exceed twenty

pages. If plaintiff does not file a third amended complaint, this action will proceed as to the

colorable claims contained in the first amended complaint. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s second amended

complaint (Dkt. No. 21) is dismissed with leave to file a third amended complaint within thirty

days of the date of this order; if plaintiff does not file a third amended complaint, this action will

proceed on the colorable claims contained in the first amended complaint. 

DATED: May 30, 2012

_____________________________________

KENDALL J. NEWMAN

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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