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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Civil Rights Act

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BENJAMIN ELLIS,

Plaintiff,

 v.

K. HAGER, et al.,

Defendants. /

No. C 07-00665 SBA (PR)

AMENDED ORDER GRANTING

PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO

FILE AMENDED COMPLAINT

In this pro se civil rights action, Plaintiff has filed a motion for leave to file an amended

complaint.

A plaintiff may amend his complaint once as a matter of course at any time before a

responsive pleading is served. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a). Where a plaintiff seeks to amend after a

responsive pleading has already been served, however, the decision whether to grant leave to amend

is committed to the sound discretion of the trial court. Waits v. Weller, 653 F.2d 1288, 1290 (9th

Cir. 1981). Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a) is to be applied liberally in favor of amendments

and, in general, leave shall be freely given when justice so requires. Janicki Logging Co. v. Mateer,

42 F.3d 561, 566 (9th Cir. 1994).

The Court notes that the defendants in this action have not been served at this time. Plaintiff

may as a matter of course amend his complaint because a responsive pleading has not yet been

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served. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a). Accordingly, Plaintiff's motion for leave to file an amended

complaint is GRANTED. 

The Clerk of the Court is directed to file the document attached to Plaintiff's motion as

"Exhibit 6," which is labeled "Summons -- Second Amended [Complaint]," and docket the

aforementioned document as Plaintiff's "Amended Complaint." The Clerk of Court is further

directed to mark the Amended Complaint as filed on June 21, 2007, the date it was received by the

Court. The Court will review Plaintiff's Amended Complaint in a separate written order. 

This Order terminates Docket no. 6.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: 7/31/07 

SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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