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

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RODERICK WILLIAM LEAR

 Plaintiff,

v.

MARTIN BITER, et al., 

 Defendants.

Case No. 1:15-cv-01903-MJS (PC)

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR 

CLARIFICATION

(ECF No. 22)

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

rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed his complaint on 

December 21, 2015 (ECF No. 1) and then, before his complaint was screened, filed a 

first amended complaint on February 19, 2015 (ECF No. 21). His first amended 

complaint is pending screening.

Before the Court is Plaintiff’s April 21, 2016 motion for clarification. (ECF No. 22.) 

Plaintiff writes the Court to advise of a typographical error in his first amended complaint 

and to explain that the error was not made with malice, as that term is used in 28 U.S.C. 

§ 1915A (allowing the Court to dismiss a complaint that is frivolous, malicious, or fails to 

state a claim upon which relief may be granted).

Inasmuch as Plaintiff does not seek clarification from the Court, but instead is 

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himself clarifying an aspect of his first amended complaint, Plaintiff’s motion for 

clarification is HEREBY DENIED. The Court will screen Plaintiff’s first amended 

complaint in due course and will consider Plaintiff’s point of clarification at that time. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 9, 2016 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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