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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

MARCOS CASEY GUILLEN,

Plaintiff,

v.

D. CARRILLO,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:19-cv-00946-DAD-JDP

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S REQUEST 

TO SUPPPLEMENT HIS COMPLAINT AS 

UNNECESSARY

ECF No. 12

ORDER DIRECTING PLAINTIFF TO FILE 

AN AMENDED COMPLAINT WITHIN 

THRITY DAYS

Plaintiff Marcos Casey Guillen is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in this civil 

rights action. Plaintiff has filed a motion to supplement his pleading. ECF No. 12. Because 

Guillen’s complaint awaits screening and has not been served, Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15 

allows him to amend his pleading without the court’s permission. His motion is therefore denied 

as unnecessary. We note, however, that the Eastern District’s Local Rule 220 requires that any 

amended or supplemented pleading “shall be retyped and filed so that it is complete in itself 

without reference to the prior or superseded pleading.” Thus, if plaintiff wishes to supplement his 

complaint, he should file a new complaint—one that will completely replace his original one.

Plaintiff is ordered to file an amended complaint within thirty days of the date of service 

of this order. We will await plaintiff’s amended complaint before screening this case. 

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 14, 2020 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

No. 205.

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