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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

ROBERT G. BAKER

Plaintiff,

v.

CONNIE GIPSON, et al.,

Defendants.

CASE NO. 1:13-cv-01931-MJS (PC)

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO ADD 

EXHIBITS TO FIRST AMENDED 

COMPLAINT

(ECF No. 29)

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil 

rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (ECF Nos. 7 & 10.) The action 

proceeds against Defendant Kitt on Plaintiff’s Eighth Amendment inadequate medical 

care claim. (ECF No. 11.) Before the Court is Plaintiff’s March 9, 2015 motion to add 

exhibits to his first amended complaint. (ECF No. 29.) Plaintiff does not state the reason 

he wishes to add these documents to his complaint, except that they are “relevant.”

Plaintiff’s complaint has been screened and served on Defendant. (ECF Nos. 11 

& 14.) Plaintiff’s complaint must be complete in and of itself; the Court cannot add 

exhibits to an already-filed complaint. See Local Rule 220. If Plaintiff wishes to include 

these exhibits, he must amend his complaint. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 15. However, insofar 

as the Court approved the complaint for service without the exhibits, it does not seem 

any useful purpose would be served by moving to add them.

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Moreover, Plaintiff is here advised again that parties may not file evidence with 

the Court until the course of litigation brings the evidence into question (for example, on 

a motion for summary judgment, at trial, or when requested by the Court). Presently, no 

motions for summary judgment are before the Court, and no trial date has been set. In 

the meantime, the Court will not serve as a repository for the parties' evidence (e.g., 

prison or medical records, affidavits, declarations, etc.). 

Accordingly, Plaintiff’s motion to add exhibits to his first amended complaint (ECF 

No. 29) is HEREBY DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 10, 2015 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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