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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

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EMMANUEL TYRONE BULL,

CDCR #J-45987,

Civil No. 11-0009 DMS (WMc)

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION FOR EXTENSION 

OF TIME TO AMEND

(ECF No. 13)

vs.

LARRY SMALL, et al.,

Defendants.

I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Emmanuel Tyrone Bull (“Plaintiff”), currently incarcerated at Calipatria State Prison

(“CAL”) in Calipatria, California, is proceeding pro se in this civil action filed pursuant to 42

U.S.C. § 1983. At the time he filed his Complaint, Plaintiff did not prepay the $350 filing fee

mandated by 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a); instead, he filed a Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis

(“IFP”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a) (ECF No. 2).

On February 17, 2011, the Court granted Plaintiff’s I FP Motion, but dismissed his

Complaint for failing to state a claim pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(e)(2) and 1915A(b). See

Feb. 17, 2011 Order (ECF No. 3). Plaintiff was granted 45 days leave, however, to amend his

pleading. Id. at 5; see also Lopez v. Smith, 203 F.3d 1122, 1130-31 (9th Cir. 2000) (en banc)

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(“[A] district court should grant leave to amend even if no request to amend the pleading was

made, unless it determines that the pleading could not possibly be cured.”) (citations omitted).)

After receiving an extension of time, Plaintiff submitted his First Amended Complaint;

but it too failed to state a claim and was dismissed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(e)(2) &

1915A(b) on October 12, 2011 (ECF No. 10). Plaintiff was again granted forty-five days leave

to amend, but on November 28, 2011, he filed another Motion requesting an additional thirty-day

extension of time (ECF No. 11). Plaintiff clai ms he has limited access to the Facility A Law

Library at CAL and thus, requests additional time in which to conduct the research necessary to

amend his pleading. (Id. at 1-2.)

II. STANDARD OF REVIEW

While this is Plaintiff’s second request for an extension of time, he is still incarcerated

and proceeding without counsel. See Balistreri v. Pacifica Police Dep’t, 901 F.2d 696, 699 (9th

Cir. 1990) (court has a “duty to ensure that pro se litigants do not lose their right to a hearing on

the merits of their claim due to ... technical procedural requirements.”). Thus, the Court finds

good cause to grant Plaintiff’s request. “‘Strict tim e limits ... ought not to be insisted upon’

where restraints resulting from a pro se ... plaintiff’s incarceration prevent tim ely compliance

with court deadlines.” Eldridge v. Block, 832 F.2d 1132, 1136 (9th Cir. 1987) (citing Tarantino

v. Eggers, 380 F.2d 465, 468 (9th Cir. 1967); see also Bennett v. King, 205 F.3d 1188, 1189 (9th

Cir. 2000) (reversing district court’s dismissal of prisoner’s amended pro se complaint as

untimely where mere 30-day delay was result of prison-wide lockdown).

III. CONCLUSION AND ORDER

Accordingly, the Court hereby:

1) GRANTS Plaintiff’s Motion for Extension of Time (ECF No. 1 3). Plaintiff’s

Second Amended Complaint, should he elect to file one, must be received by the Court no later

than Monday, April 9, 2012 . Moreover, Plaintiff is cautioned that his Second Amended

Complaint must address the deficiencies of pleading previously identified in both the Court’s

February 17, 2011 and October 12, 2011 Orders (ECF Nos. 3, 10), and must be complete in

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itself without reference to his previous pleadings. See S.D. CAL. CIVLR 15.1; Hal Roach

Studios, Inc. v. Richard Feiner & Co., Inc., 896 F.2d 1542, 1546 (9th Cir. 1989).

2) IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that should Plaintiff elect not to file a Second

Amended Complaint by April 9, 2012, this case shall remain dismissed for failure to state a

claim pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(e)(2) and 1915A(b) without further Order of the Court.

DATED: February 10, 2012

HON. DANA M. SABRAW

United States District Judge

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