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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

COSME PRESAS,

Plaintiff,

v.

KERN MEDICAL CENTER, et al.,

Defendants.

_____________________________________/

Case No. 1:13-cv-02038-LJO-SKO (PC)

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR LEAVE 

TO FILE SUPPLEMENTAL PLEADING,

DISREGARDING PROPOSED 

SUPPLEMENTAL COMPLAINT, AND 

DIRECTING PLAINTIFF TO COMPLY 

WITH ORDER FILED APRIL 8, 2015

(Doc. 33)

Plaintiff Cosme Presas, a prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed this civil 

rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on December 13, 2013. On April 27, 2015, Plaintiff 

filed a motion seeking leave to amend to add a declaration to his amended complaint. Fed. R. Civ. 

P. 15(a). Plaintiff may not amend his complaint piecemeal. Local Rule 220. The requirement 

that an operative pleading be complete within itself without reference other filings was addressed 

by the Court in orders filed on April 8, 2015, and April 27, 2015. Accordingly, Plaintiff’s motion 

is HEREBY DENIED, and he is again directed to the order filed on April 8, 2015. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 29, 2015 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

Case 1:13-cv-02038-DAD-SKO Document 34 Filed 04/30/15 Page 1 of 1