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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 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MERVIN S. DUNFORD, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

JEFFEREY A. BEARD, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:15-cv-1810 AC P 

ORDER 

 By order filed May 18, 2016, plaintiff’s complaint was dismissed and he was given thirty 

days to file an amended complaint. ECF No. 5. After plaintiff failed to file an amended 

complaint or otherwise responded to the court’s order,1 he was given an additional thirty days to 

file an amended complaint. ECF No. 12. Plaintiff was warned that failure to comply with the 

order would result in a recommendation that his complaint be dismissed for failure to prosecute. 

Id. Rather than file an amended complaint, plaintiff once again moved for appointment of 

counsel. ECF No. 13. That motion was denied (ECF No. 14) and plaintiff’s time for filing an 

amended complaint has now passed. 

Plaintiff shall be given one final opportunity to file an amended complaint and should 

 

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 Plaintiff did file a motion for appointment of counsel (ECF No. 10), but it was received by the 

Clerk of the Court only two days after the May 18, 2016 order directing plaintiff to file an 

amended complaint. It is therefore likely that plaintiff mailed the motion prior to his receipt of 

the May 18, 2016 order and it was not intended as a response to that order. 

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refer to the legal standards outlined in the court’s May 18, 2016 order when drafting the amended 

complaint. If plaintiff does not file an amended complaint within thirty days of this order, it will 

be recommended that this case be dismissed for failure to prosecute. 

 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff shall have thirty days from service 

of this order to file an amended complaint. Failure to comply with this order will result in a 

recommendation that this case be dismissed for failure to prosecute. 

DATED: September 1, 2016 

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