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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

ANTHONY NGUYEN,

Plaintiff,

v.

M. D. BITER,

Defendant.

_____________________________________/

Case No. 1:11-cv-00809-AWI-SKO (PC)

ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS TO FILE 

SUPPLEMENTAL COMPLAINT AND 

DIRECTING CLERK’S OFFICE TO FILE IN 

SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL COMPLAINT

(Doc. 115 and 130)

Plaintiff Anthony Nguyen (“Plaintiff”), a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma 

pauperis, filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on May 18, 2011. This action 

is proceeding against Defendant M. D. Biter (“Defendant”) for violation of the Eighth Amendment 

of the United States Constitution, a claim which arises from Plaintiff’s allegations that he was 

exposed to arsenic-contaminated water while at Kern Valley State Prison in Delano, California.

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On September 15, 2014, Plaintiff filed a motion seeking leave to file a supplemental 

complaint. Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(d). On January 20, 2015, Plaintiff filed a second motion for leave 

to file a supplemental complaint, accompanied by the proposed second supplement.2 On February 

6, 2015, Defendant filed a notice of non-opposition. Local Rule 230(l).

Plaintiff seeks leave to supplement his complaint to add facts relating to recent medical 

treatment, facts he contends are relevant to his arsenic exposure claim. Given the nature of the 

 

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Plaintiff is presently incarcerated at California State Prison-Centinela in Imperial.

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Plaintiff filed a first supplemental complaint on February 26, 2013. (Doc. 76.)

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proposed supplemental pleading, Plaintiff’s motions for leave to file a supplemental complaint are 

HEREBY GRANTED and the Clerk’s Office shall file in the proposed second supplemental 

complaint (doc. 130, pp. 2-6). Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(d).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 24, 2015 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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