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Nature of Suit Code: 400
Nature of Suit: State Reapportionment
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TIMOTHY A. DeWITT,

Plaintiff,

 v.

CALIFORNIA CITIZENS

REDISTRICTING COMMISSION, a

California agency, ALEX PADILLA,

Secretary of the State of California, and

DOES 1 through 100,

Defendants. /

No. C 15-05261 WHA

ORDER GRANTING

LEAVE TO FILE AN

AMENDED COMPLAINT

An order sua sponte dismissed all of plaintiff’s claims and allowed him to seek leave to

amend only his sixth claim for vote dilution. Plaintiff filed a motion for leave to amend, but his

proposed amended complaint included all of the claims that had been dismissed without leave

to amend along with amendments to the sixth claim. Accordingly, plaintiff’s motion was

denied. Plaintiff has filed a new motion for leave to file an amended complaint that omits the

claims that had been dismissed without leave and omits the defendants named in those claims. 

Plaintiff’s motion for leave to file an amended complaint is hereby GRANTED. Plaintiff may

serve the remaining defendants. This is without prejudice to a Rule 12 motion filed by the

defendants.

The Court will not rule on plaintiff’s motion to appoint a three-judge panel until, if ever,

the defendants have been properly served and have had an opportunity to respond to the motion.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 14, 2016. 

WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Case 3:15-cv-05261-WHA Document 23 Filed 03/16/16 Page 1 of 1