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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

RONALD F. MARTINEZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

A. PARKS,

Defendant.

Case No.: 1:21-cv-01496-BAK-SAB (PC)

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT 

TO PROVIDE PLAINTIFF WITH A CIVIL 

RIGHTS COMPLAINT FORM

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S 

MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE AN 

AMENDED COMPLAINT 

(ECF No. 16)

THIRTY (30) DAY DEADLINE

Plaintiff Ronald F. Martinez is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in 

this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has filed a motion seeking leave to 

file an amended complaint under Rule 15(a)(2) of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. (ECF No. 

16.) As grounds, Plaintiff states that he is currently working on matters in unrelated cases. 

Rule 15(a)(2) provides that “[t]he court should freely give leave when justice so requires.” 

Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(2). The Court has not yet screened the original complaint. Therefore, no 

prejudice will result from granting Plaintiff’s request.

Plaintiff is informed that an amended complaint supersedes the original complaint. Lacey 

v. Maricopa Cty., 693 F.3d 896, 927 (9th Cir. 2012). Thus, the amended complaint must be 

“complete in itself without reference to the prior or superseded pleading.” E.D. Cal. R. 220.

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Additionally, Rule 8 requires the complaint to be “a short and plain statement of the claim 

showing that the pleader is entitled to relief.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a)(1). The rule also provides that 

“[e]ach allegation must be simple, concise, and direct.” Id. at 8(d)(1). Plaintiff’s original 

complaint is forty-two handwritten pages, including factual details unrelated to his First 

Amendment claims. Therefore, Plaintiff shall limit his amended complaint to twenty-five (25) 

pages, and Plaintiff

Accordingly, it is HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff’s motion for leave to file an 

amended complaint (ECF No. 16.) is GRANTED. Plaintiff is granted leave to file an amended 

complaint within thirty (30) days. 

The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to provide Plaintiff a civil rights complaint form. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 24, 2022 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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