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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MYCHAEL TYRONE SHANNON,

Plaintiff,

v.

RALPH DIAZ, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:17-CV-1084-JAM-DMC-P

ORDER

Plaintiff, a prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action pursuant to 

42 U.S.C. § 1983. 

Plaintiff initiated this action by way of a complaint filed on May 24, 2017, naming 

the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation as the only defendant. On August 

29, 2018, the court issued findings and recommendations that this action be dismissed because the 

only named defendant is immune under the Eleventh Amendment. On September 28, 2018, 

plaintiff filed a motion for leave to file a first amended complaint. Plaintiff filed a second motion 

for leave to amend on October 15, 2018, along with a motion for additional time to file objections 

to the August 29, 2018, findings and recommendations. On October 30, 2018, the court denied 

plaintiff’s motions for leave to amend as unnecessary. Because plaintiff had not filed a first 

amended complaint with his motions for leave to amend, however, the court indicated the action 

continues to proceed on the original complaint and findings and recommendations thereon. On 

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November 30, 2018, plaintiff filed objections to the August 29, 2018, findings and 

recommendations along with a first amended complaint. 

Given the filing of the first amended complaint as of right, the original complaint 

is superseded and, consequently, the August 29, 2018, findings and recommendations are 

rendered moot and will be vacated. The Clerk of the Court will be directed to update the docket 

to reflect the defendants named in the first amended complaint. The court will address the 

substance of plaintiff’s first amended complaint by separate order. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The August 29, 2018, findings and recommendations are vacated; 

2. The Clerk of the Court is directed to update the docket to reflect the 

following are named defendants: Ralph Diaz, Sgt. Swan, C. Tileston, and Robert W. Fox; and

3. The Clerk of the Court is directed to terminate the California Department 

of Corrections and Rehabilitation as a named defendant. 

Dated: December 6, 2018

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DENNIS M. COTA

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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