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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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Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15, and Local Civil Rule 15.1, in

order to name a new Defendant, Plaintiff must file a new complaint. In light of these

rules, and because Plaintiff has filed two complaints thus far (Doc. Nos. 1 & 9), the

Court construes Plaintiff’s motion to amend as a motion to file a second amended

complaint. 

07cv1605-JM (BLM)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TONY J. WAYNE,

Plaintiff,

v.

O. LEAL, et al.,

Defendants. 

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Case No. 07cv1605-JM (BLM)

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO FILE

SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT

[Doc. No. 34]

On September 8, 2008, Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro

se, moved for leave to amend the pleadings in order to name a

previously-unknown defendant.1 Doc. No. 34. Plaintiff’s motion is

GRANTED as follows. 

Plaintiff filed his first 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint on August 13,

2007, alleging unspecified civil rights violations. Doc. No. 1.

Accompanying Plaintiff’s complaint was a motion to proceed in forma

pauperis (“IFP”). Doc. No. 2. Because Plaintiff failed to support his

IFP motion with proof of his financial status, the District Judge denied

the motion, thus terminating the case without prejudice. Doc. No. 3.

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Plaintiff subsequently provided the required proof and renewed his

request for IFP status. Doc. No. 5. The District Judge granted the

motion and gave Plaintiff leave to file a first amended complaint. Doc.

No. 8.

Plaintiff filed the first amended complaint on December 26, 2007,

alleging that his civil rights were violated when several correctional

officers and their supervisors beat and otherwise mistreated him in

prison. Doc. No. 9. After Plaintiff filed his first amended complaint,

the District Judge ordered the Clerk to mail Plaintiff a packet of forms

which Plaintiff was to complete and send to the U.S. Marshal’s Office.

Doc. No. 11. Pursuant to Plaintiff’s IFP status, the Marshal’s Office

was then to effect personal service on the putative defendants on

Plaintiff’s behalf. Id. However, Plaintiff was released from custody

and relocated without informing the Court or the Clerk’s Office of his

change of address, and therefore never received the IFP packet. Doc.

No. 13. Despite the lack of personal service upon the putative

defendants, Plaintiff pursued his case and, on September 8, 2008, filed

the instant motion to amend. Doc. No. 34. 

When a party moves to amend the pleadings, the “court should freely

give leave when justice so requires.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(2). This

policy is to be applied with “extreme liberality.” Eminence Capital,

LLC v. Aspeon, Inc., 316 F.3d 1048, 1051 (9th Cir. 2003); see also

Forman v. Davis, 371 U.S. 178, 181-82 (1962)(“the purpose of pleading is

to facilitate a proper decision on the merits,” and the Federal Rules of

Civil Procedure are to be applied in a manner consistent with reaching

the merits of a case) (citation and quotation omitted). 

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In light of this liberal policy, and because the putative

defendants have not yet entered the case, the Court GRANTS Plaintiff’s

motion to file a second amended complaint. Plaintiff shall file his

second amended complaint on or before October 20, 2008. At this time,

and if Plaintiff’s second amended complaint is in accord with the

applicable Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Local Civil Rules, the

Court will order the Clerk’s Office to mail Plaintiff the packet of

forms he requires to properly serve the putative defendants. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: September 22, 2008

BARBARA L. MAJOR

United States Magistrate Judge

COPY TO: 

HONORABLE JEFFREY T. MILLER

U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE

ALL COUNSEL

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