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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

SEBREN A. PIERCE,

Plaintiff,

v.

R. LOPEZ, et al.,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 1:10-cv-00486-AWI-MJS PC

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR LEAVE TO

FILE AN AMENDED COMPLAINT

(Doc. 9)

FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT DUE IN

THIRTY DAYS

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

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the Court is plaintiff’s May 14, 2010, motion for

leave to file a first amended complaint.

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a) authorizes a plaintiff to amend his complaint once as

a matter of course if no responsive pleading has been filed. There has been no service of process in

this case, and no defendant has entered an appearance. Plaintiff’s motion shall therefore be granted.

Plaintiff’s amended complaint should be brief, Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a), but must state what each

named defendant did that led to the deprivation of Plaintiff’s constitutional or other federal rights,

Hydrick, 500 F.3d at 987-88. Although accepted as true, the “[f]actual allegations must be

[sufficient] to raise a right to relief above the speculative level . . . .” Bell Atlantic Corp. v.

Twombly, 127 S.Ct. 1955, 1965 (2007) (citations omitted). 

Plaintiff is also advised that an amended complaint supercedes the original complaint,

Forsyth v. Humana, Inc., 114 F.3d 1467, 1474 (9th Cir. 1997); King v. Atiyeh, 814 F.2d 565, 567

(9th Cir. 1987), and must be “complete in itself without reference to the prior or superceded

pleading,” Local Rule 220. Plaintiff is warned that “[a]ll causes of action alleged in an original

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complaint which are not alleged in an amended complaint are waived.” King, 814 F.2d at 567 (citing

to London v. Coopers & Lybrand, 644 F.2d 811, 814 (9th Cir. 1981)); accord Forsyth, 114 F.3d at

1474.

Accordingly, based on the foregoing, it is HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s motion for leave to file an amended complaint is granted;

2. The Clerk’s Office shall send Plaintiff a complaint form;

3. Within thirty days from the date of service of this order, plaintiff shall file a first

amended complaint; 

4. Plaintiff may not add any new, unrelated claims to this action via his amended

complaint and any attempt to do so will result in an order striking the amended

complaint; and 

5. If plaintiff fails to file an amended complaint, the Court will screen the original

complaint. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 28, 2010 /s/Michael J. Seng 

ci4d6 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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