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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 

SEAN L. ROWELL, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

L.D. ZAMORA, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:14-cv-1888-KJM-EFB P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff, a state prisoner without counsel, has filed a complaint alleging civil rights 

violations pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On June 15, 2016, the court recommended that this 

action be dismissed because plaintiff’s amended complaint failed to state a claim upon which 

relief could be granted. ECF No. 14. In his June 23, 2016 objections, plaintiff argues that he can 

include additional allegations in a second amended complaint that could support a claim of 

deliberate indifference to medical needs in violation of the Eighth Amendment. ECF No. 15. In 

an abundance of caution, the court will vacate the June 15, 2016 findings and recommendations 

and allow plaintiff leave to file a second amended complaint. 

Plaintiff is reminded that an individual defendant is not liable on a civil rights claim unless 

the facts establish the defendant’s personal involvement in the constitutional deprivation or a 

causal connection between the defendant’s wrongful conduct and the alleged constitutional 

deprivation. See Hansen v. Black, 885 F.2d 642, 646 (9th Cir. 1989); Johnson v. Duffy, 588 F.2d 

740, 743-44 (9th Cir. 1978). 

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 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. The June 15, 2016 findings and recommendations (ECF No. 14) are vacated. 

2. Within 30 days from the date this order is served, plaintiff may file a second amended 

complaint curing the defects in his Eighth Amendment claim. The second amended 

complaint must be written or typed so that it so that it is complete in itself without 

reference to any earlier filed complaint and may not change the nature of this suit by 

alleging new, unrelated claims. 

3. Failure to comply with this order will again result in a recommendation that this action 

be dismissed for failure to state a claim. 

DATED: June 27, 2016. 

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