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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

Plaintiff Luis V. Rodriguez (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma 

pauperis in a prisoner civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff presently lodges a 

second amended complaint on August 19, 2013. (Doc. 29). 

Under Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a), a party may amend its pleadings once as a matter of course within 

21 days after service. In all other situations, a party must seek leave of the Court to amend his or her 

filings. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 15. While the Court “should freely give leave [to amend] when just so 

requires,” here, the Court does not find that the ends of justice require granting leave to amend. 

First, Plaintiff does not seek leave to amend his complaint; instead, he merely filed a second 

amended complaint without any showing why he should be permitted to file it. Second, the Court has 

spent significant amounts of time screening Plaintiff’s first amended complaint and has found service 

of certain claims to be appropriate. (Doc. 28). Third, Plaintiff’s lodged complaint appears to be a near 

LUIS V. RODRIGUEZ,

 Plaintiff,

v.

CDCR DEPARTMENTAL REVIEW 

BOARD, et al.,

Defendants.

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Case No.: 1:12-cv-00757 – JLT (PC)

ORDER STRIKING PLAINTIFF’S LODGED 

SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT

(Docs. 29)

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replica of his first amended complaint. Thus, the Court finds that granting Plaintiff leave to amend his 

first amended complaint sua sponte would be futile and a waste of judicial resources. 

Accordingly, the Court HEREBY ORDERS that Plaintiff’s lodged second amended 

complaint be STRICKEN from the record.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 22, 2013 /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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