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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 Northern District of California

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Order of Dismissal with Leave to Amend

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DAVID M. GATES,

Plaintiff,

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ATASCADERO STATE HOSPITAL,

et al.,

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No. C 10-01106 JW (PR)

ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITH

LEAVE TO AMEND

On March 15, 2010, plaintiff filed a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. §

1983, using this court’s form complaint. However, the complaint is deficient

because plaintiff failed to answer all the questions on the complaint form, including

exhaustion of administrative remedies, the name of all parties, including defendants,

and the relief sought. (See Docket No. 1.) Plaintiff filed another complaint on

April 19, 2010, (Docket No. 4), which is also deficient for missing necessary

information. Furthermore, the Court notes that attachments to these complaints,

some handwritten, are difficult to read and the relevance thereof difficult to

determine. Accordingly, this Court has no choice but to dismiss the complaint with

leave to amend. 

Plaintiff is advised that to state a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, a plaintiff

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must allege that a person acting under the color of state law committed a violation of

a right secured by the Constitution or laws of the United States. West v. Atkins, 487

U.S. 42, 48 (1988). Plaintiff must identify defendants by name and state how each

individual defendant violated a specific federal right.

CONCLUSION

For the foregoing reasons, the Court orders as follows: 

The complaint is DISMISSED with leave to amend. Within thirty (30) days

of the date this order is filed, plaintiff shall file an amended complaint. The

amended complaint must include the caption and civil case number used in this

order and the words “AMENDED COMPLAINT” on the first page and write in the

case number for this action, Case No. C 10-01106 JW PR). If using the court form

complaint, plaintiff must answer all the questions on the form in order for the action

to proceed. 

Failure to respond in accordance with this order by filing an amended

complaint will result in the dismissal of this action without prejudice and

without further notice to plaintiff.

The Clerk shall include two copies of the court’s complaint with a copy of

this order to plaintiff.

DATED: May 24, 2010 

JAMES WARE

United States District Judge 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DAVID MARSHALL GATES,

Plaintiff,

 v.

ATASCADERO STATE HOSPITAL et

al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV10-01106 JW 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S.

District Court, Northern District of California.

That on May 27, 2010, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by

placing said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter

listed, by depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an

inter-office delivery receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

David M Gates J-60908

AT 059712 Unit 8

Atascadero State Hospital

P.O. Box 7001

Atascadero, ca 93423-7001

Dated: May 27, 2010

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

/s/By: Elizabeth Garcia, Deputy Clerk

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