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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

ANTHONY E. MACK,

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-05-2134 MCE CMK P

vs.

 MARSHA ONA,et al.,

Defendants.

 / ORDER

Plaintiff brings this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This

proceeding was referred to the undersigned by Local Rule 72-302 by the authority of 28 U.S.C. §

636(b)(1). Currently pending before the court is plaintiff’s request to file an amended complaint,

which was filed November 4, 2005. 

Plaintiff’s complaint filed on October 24, 2004, has not yet been served on

defendants, and, as such, no answer has been filed. The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provide

that a party may amend his or her pleading “once as a matter of course at any time before a

responsive pleading is served.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a). However, an amended or supplemental

complaint supersedes the original complaint. See Loux v. Rhay, 375 F.2d 55, 57 (9th Cir. 1967). 

Once an amended pleading is filed, the original pleading no longer serves any function in the case.

Id.; see also E.D. Local Rule 15-220. Although the allegations of this pro se complaint are held

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to “less stringent standards than formal pleadings drafted by lawyers,” Haines v. Kerner, 404 U.S.

519, 520 (1972) (per curiam), plaintiff will be required to comply with the Federal Rules of Civil

Procedure and the Local Rules of the Eastern District of California.

IT IS ORDERED THAT plaintiff may, as a matter of right, amend his complaint. 

 DATED: November 21, 2005.

______________________________________

CRAIG M. KELLISON

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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