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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

PETER ANAYA,

Plaintiff,

v.

CDCR,

Defendant.

CASE NO. 1:16-cv-00040-MJS (PC)

ORDER STRIKING NOTICES

(ECF Nos. 120, 121, 122)

ORDER DISMISSING FIFTH AMENDED 

COMPLAINT AND SUPPLEMENTAL 

COMPLAINT WITH LEAVE TO AMEND 

(ECF Nos 118, 123)

AMENDED COMPLAINT DUE WITHIN 

THIRTY (30) DAYS

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. 1 & 95.) He has 

consented to Magistrate Judge jurisdiction. (ECF No. 4.) No other parties have appeared 

in the action.

On February 22, 2016, the Court dismissed Plaintiff’s complaint, and his first, 

second, and third amended complaints, on the ground that none of the complaints were 

complete in themselves without reference to other pleadings. (ECF No. 111.) Plaintiff

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then filed a fourth amended complaint. (ECF No. 112.) The Court found the fourth 

amended complaint failed to state a claim and dismissed it with leave to amend. (ECF 

No. 116.) 

Before the Court are Plaintiff’s fifth amended complaint (ECF No. 118) and 

“supplemental to complaint” (ECF No. 123). Also before the Court are three “notices” 

filed by Plaintiff. (ECF Nos. 120, 121, 122.) 

I. NOTICES

Plaintiff recently filed three notices in this action. (ECF Nos. 120, 121, 122.) All 

three notices advise the Court that Plaintiff has filed a fifth amended complaint. 

Plaintiff previously was advised to cease unnecessary, successive, unwarranted, 

and duplicative filings. (ECF Nos. 100, 114.) These notices fall within that description 

and will be stricken.

II. COMPLAINTS

An amended complaint must be complete within itself, without reference to prior 

pleadings. Local Rule 220; Lacey v. Maricopa County, 693 F.3d 896, 907 n.1 (9th Cir. 

2012) (en banc). Plaintiff has been advised of this requirement. He has been told that he

may not proceed on discrete claims set forth in numerous pleadings. He nevertheless 

filed a fifth amended complaint and a supplemental complaint, neither of which is 

complete in itself. The Court will dismiss the fifth amended complaint and the 

supplemental complaint. Plaintiff will be afforded one final opportunity to file an 

amended pleading that contains all of his claims against all of the defendants he seeks 

to sue in this action.

III. CONCLUSION AND ORDER

Based on the foregoing, it is HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s notices (ECF Nos. 120, 121, and 122) are STRICKEN;

2. Plaintiff’s fifth amended complaint (ECF No. 118) and supplemental complaint 

(ECF No. 123) are DISMISSED with leave to amend; 

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3. Plaintiff shall file a sixth amended complaint within thirty days of the date of 

this order;

4. If Plaintiff fails to file an amended complaint in compliance with this order, the 

Court will dismiss this action with prejudice for failure to obey a court order and 

failure to prosecute.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 17, 2016 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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