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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 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

RICHARD JAMES WELK, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF 

CORRECTIONS, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:18-cv-3008 MCE AC P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, seeks relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. By 

order filed September 30, 2019, the Magistrate Judge screened the complaint, and plaintiff was 

given the option to either (1) proceed immediately on his Eighth Amendment claims against 

defendants Petras, Ikegbu, and Austin, and on his ADA claims against the California Department 

of Corrections for denial of accommodations at CMF, or (2) to amend the complaint. ECF No. 

13. Plaintiff notified the court that he would like to amend the complaint, ECF No. 16, but later 

filed objections to the screening order, ECF No. 20. As a result, plaintiff’s deadline to file an 

amended complaint was vacated, pending a ruling on the objections by the District Judge. ECF 

No. 22. The District Judge has now overruled plaintiff’s objections to the screening order. ECF 

No. 23. 

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 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

 1. Plaintiff shall have thirty days from the service of this order to file an amended 

complaint as outlined in the September 30, 2019 screening order. If plaintiff fails to file an 

amended complaint, the case will proceed on the original complaint as screened and it will be 

recommended that the following claims be dismissed without prejudice: all claims against 

defendants Reece, Diaz, Rosa, Ndoh, John Doe, Groves, Crenshaw, Young, Gassaway, Estrada, 

Green, Tanprasert, Wolfe, Hitchman, Seigrist, Mayes, Mejorado, Scott, Largoza, Page, and 

Blackwell; the official capacity claims under the ADA against defendants Petras, Ikegbu, and 

Austin; and the ADA claims against the CDCR based on the denial of accommodations at ASP 

and CSP-Solano. See ECF No. 13. 

 2. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send plaintiff a copy of the prisoner complaint 

form used in this district. 

DATED: February 6, 2020 

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