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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

WALTER WEATHERFORD,

Plaintiff,

v.

R. TRIMBLE, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:15-cv-00899-SAB-PC

ORDER GRANTING AN EXTENSION OF 

TIME TO FILE AN AMENDED 

COMPLAINT

THIRTY DAY DEADLINE

Plaintiff Weatherford is appearing pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action 

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 

Plaintiff, an inmate in the custody of the California Department of Corrections and 

Rehabilitation at the R .J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego, brings this civil rights 

action against correctional officials at Pleasant Valley State Prison. Plaintiff claims that he was 

subjected to unconstitutional conditions of confinement in violation of the Eighth Amendment by 

being exposed to Valley Fever spores.

On January 19, 2016, an order was entered, dismissing the complaint for failure to state a 

claim for relief and granting Plaintiff leave to file an amended complaint. On February 18, 2016, 

the Court received a declaration from Benjamin Pavone of the Law Offices of Benjamin Pavone. 

Mr. Pavone declares that his offices represents Plaintiff in the Birge action pending in Birge, et 

al., v. J. Beard, et al., 1:15cv01901-LJO-SAB-PC, and that he just became aware of this action. 

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Mr. Pavone further declares that given the constraints in the prison system, it is not possible for 

his office to circulate a substitution of attorney to Mr. Weatherford, get it back, and dismiss this 

case without prejudice before the thirty day deadline for filing an amended complaint. Mr. 

Pavone further declares that he has authority even without a substitution to request an additional 

thirty days to obtain authority specific to this case and to dispose of it in favor of the Birge filing.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the time for filing an amended complaint 

in compliance with the January 19, 2016, order is extended to thirty days from the date of service 

of this order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 22, 2016 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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