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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

FORREST GRAY,

Plaintiff,

v.

CASSIE, et al., 

Defendants.

Case No. 2:22-cv-00099-JDP (PC)

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION 

TO AMEND THE COMPLIANT 

ECF No. 26

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

42 U.S.C. § 1983. I previously screened plaintiff’s first amended complaint and found that it 

stated an Eighth Amendment claim for sexual assault against defendant Cassie. ECF No. 15. 

Before defendant filed a response to the complaint, plaintiff filed a motion to amend the

complaint. ECF No. 26.

The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure permit plaintiff to amend his complaint as a matter 

of course before service of a responsive pleading. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a). Accordingly, his 

motion to amend is granted. He must file his amended complaint within thirty days of this 

order’s entry. Plaintiff is advised that his amended complaint will supersede the current 

complaint. See Lacey v. Maricopa Cnty., 693 F. 3d 896, 907 n.1 (9th Cir. 2012) (en banc). This 

means that the amended complaint must be complete on its face without reference to the prior 

pleading. See E.D. Cal. Local Rule 220. Once an amended complaint is filed, the current 

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complaint no longer serves any function. Therefore, in an amended complaint, as in an original 

complaint, plaintiff must assert each claim and allege each defendant’s involvement in sufficient 

detail. The amended complaint should be titled “Second Amended Complaint” and refer to the 

appropriate case number.

Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s motion to amend the complaint, ECF No. 26, is granted.

2. Plaintiff shall file a second amended complaint within thirty days of the date of this 

order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 27, 2022 

JEREMY D. PETERSON

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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