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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARK RAYMOND PHELPS,

Plaintiff,

v.

MATTHEW CATE, et al.,

Defendants.

CASE NO. 1:13-cv-00309-LJO-MJS (PC)

ORDER STRIKING SUPPLEMENT TO 

FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT

 (ECF No. 16)

Plaintiff Mark Phelps, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, 

filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on March 4, 2013. (ECF No. 1.) 

The Court screened Plaintiff’s Complaint and dismissed it for failure to state a claim but 

gave leave to amend. (ECF No. 11.) Plaintiff filed a First Amended Complaint. (ECF 

No. 14.) The Court screened the First Amended Complaint and issued Findings and 

Recommendations to dismiss the case with prejudice for failure to state a claim (ECF 

No. 15.). Plaintiff then filed a supplement to his First Amended Complaint. (ECF No. 

16.)

The Supplement shall be stricken. Amended pleadings must be complete within 

themselves without reference to another pleading. Partial amendments are not 

permissible. Local Rule 220. Here, the Supplemental Complaint is not a complete 

pleading, and the Court has already screened and recommended dismissal of the First 

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Amended Complaint.

Accordingly, for the reasons stated, it if HEREBY ORDERED that:

The Supplemental Complaint (ECF No. 16.) is STRICKEN from the record.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 12, 2015 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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