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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

GARDELL COWART,

Plaintiff,

v.

RAHMAN, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 1:16-CV-00004-AWI-SKO (PC)

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF=S 

MOTION FOR LEAVE TO AMEND 

AS UNNECESSARY

(Doc. 12)

Plaintiff, Gardell Cowart, is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in 

this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. ' 1983. On February 1, 2016, plaintiff filed a motion 

seeking leave to file an amended complaint. 

Plaintiff may amend once as a matter of right before service of a responsive pleading by 

defendants. Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a). Because plaintiff has not previously amended his complaint 

and defendants have not filed a responsive pleading, plaintiff may file an amended complaint 

without permission from the Court. Plaintiff is informed that he must file a new pleading as an 

amended complaint supercedes the original complaint, Lacey v. Maricopa County, Nos. 09-

15806, 09-15703, 2012 WL 3711591, at *1 n.1 (9th Cir. Aug. 29, 2012) (en banc), and the 

amended complaint must be Acomplete in itself without reference to the prior or superceded 

pleading,@ Local Rule 220. 

Accordingly, plaintiff=s motion is HEREBY DENIED as unnecessary and the Clerk’s 

Office shall send Plaintiff a civil rights complaint form.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 9, 2016 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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