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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

RODERICK WILLIAM LEAR,

Plaintiff,

v.

NAVARRO, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:21-cv-00600-DAD-BAM (PC)

ORDER DIRECTING DEFENDANTS 

NAVARRO, NEVE, AND ALLISON TO FILE 

AMENDED ANSWER OR NOTIFY COURT 

OF WILLINGNESS TO STAND ON 

ORIGINAL ANSWER

THIRTY (30) DAY DEADLINE

Plaintiff Roderick William Lear (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in 

forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action proceeds on 

Plaintiff’s first amended complaint against Defendants Navarro, Neve, Allison, and Plata 

(formerly John Doe 1) for excessive force in violation of the Eighth Amendment, arising from the 

incident on January 4, 2020.

On March 18, 2022, Plaintiff filed a first amended complaint providing identifying 

information to substitute Defendant Plata for former Defendant John Doe 1. (ECF No. 47.) The 

Court found service of the first amended complaint on Defendant Plata appropriate under the 

Court’s E-Service pilot program and noted that a separate order would issue regarding the filing 

of a response to the first amended complaint at a later date. (ECF No. 48.)

On April 26, 2022, the Court received information that the Defendant Plata could not be 

identified.

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At this time, the Court finds it appropriate to direct Defendants Navarro, Neve, and 

Allison to file an amended answer in response to the first amended complaint, or notify the Court 

in writing that they wish to stand on the December 6, 2021 answer filed in response to the original 

complaint. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(2).

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that within thirty (30) days from the date of 

service of this order, Defendants Navarro, Neve, and Allison SHALL either:

1. File an amended answer in response to the March 18, 2022 first amended complaint, (ECF 

No. 47); or

2. Notify the Court in writing that they wish to stand on the December 6, 2021 answer filed 

in response to the original complaint.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 27, 2022 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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