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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 

GUSTAVO ALVAREZ, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:14-cv-1181-KJM-EFB P 

ORDER 

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 

U.S.C. § 1983. He requests an extension of time and/or a stay to file his amended complaint and 

further requests relief from judgment pursuant to Rule 60(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure. 

Rule 60(b) authorizes a court, “[o]n motion and just terms,” to “relieve a party or its legal 

representative from a final judgment, order, or proceeding” on any of the grounds enumerated in 

the rule. Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b); see also United States v. Martin, 226 F.3d 1042, 1048 & n.8 (9th 

Cir. 2000) (Rule 60(b) “applies only to motions attacking final, appealable orders”). The court 

has not yet issued a final and appealable order in this case. Rather, it has merely dismissed the 

original complaint with leave to amend. Relief from the May 7, 2015 order dismissing the 

complaint with leave to amend is not available under Rule 60(b). 

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The court will, however, grant plaintiff an extension of time to file his amended complaint 

pursuant to the court’s May 7, 2015 order. 

 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. Plaintiff’s Rule 60(b) motion (ECF No. 12) is denied; and 

2. Plaintiff’s request for an extension of time and/or a stay (ECF Nos. 13, 14) is granted 

to the extent that plaintiff shall have an additional sixty (60) days in which to file his amended 

complaint. Absent good cause, the court is not inclined to grant additional requests for extensions 

of time. Plaintiff is admonished that failure to timely file his amended complaint may result in 

dismissal of this action. 

DATED: June 10, 2015. 

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