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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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Local Rule 137 states, “If filing a document requires leave of court, such as an

amended complaint after the time to amend as a matter of course has expired, . . . the

document proposed to be filed [shall be attached] as an exhibit to moving papers seeking

such leave.” 

 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

Phillip Rosenblum, 

Plaintiff, 

vs.

Mule Creek State Prison Medical Staff, et

al., 

Defendants. 

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No. CV 1-08-0448-SMM

ORDER

Before the Court is Plaintiff’s Motion for Leave to File Amended Pleadings, filed May

7, 2010 (Doc. 45). Plaintiffs seeks leave of the Court to file an amended complaint regarding

his claims against Defendants. Plaintiff’s motion states that he intends to dismiss Count Two

regarding his neurological condition, dismiss six Defendants, and add three new Defendants.

Before the Court will consider a motion to amend the complaint, however, Plaintiff

must attach a copy of his proposed first amended complaint as an exhibit.1

 It is the review

of the proposed first amended complaint that will enable the Court to assess whether leave

to amend should be granted. Furthermore, not having the amended pleading will make it

difficult for Defendants to respond appropriately to Plaintiff’s motion. In a Declaration,

Plaintiff states that problems with the copy machine prevented him from copying the

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 Local Rule 220 provides that:

Unless prior approval to the contrary is obtained from the Court, every

pleading to which an amendment . . . has been allowed by court order shall be

retyped and filed so that it is complete in itself without reference to the prior

or superseded pleading. No pleading shall be deemed amended . . . until this

Rule has been complied with.

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proposed first amended complaint and including it with his motion. Thus, the Court will

order Plaintiff to file the proposed first amended complaint by Friday, June 4, 2010. 

Along with this Order, the Court will provide Plaintiff with a form that should be used

for his proposed first amended complaint. Plaintiff must clearly designate on the face of the

document that it is the “First Amended Complaint.” The proposed first amended complaint

must be retyped or rewritten in its entirety on the form provided with this Order and may not

incorporate any part of the prior complaints by reference.2

A first amended complaint supersedes any previous complaint. Ferdik v. Bonzelet,

963 F.2d 1258, 1262 (9th Cir. 1992); Hal Roach Studios v. Richard Feiner & Co., 896 F.2d

1542, 1546 (9th Cir. 1990). After amendment, the Court will treat previous complaints as

nonexistent. Ferdik, 963 F.2d at 1262. Any cause of action that was raised in a prior

complaint is waived if it is not raised in a first amended complaint. King v. Atiyeh, 814 F.2d

565, 567 (9th Cir. 1987).

In light of the extension given to Plaintiff to file his proposed first amended complaint,

the Court will also set new briefing deadlines for Plaintiff’s Motion for Leave to File

Amended Pleadings.

Accordingly,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff file his proposed first amended complaint

with the Court by Friday, June 4, 2010. If Plaintiff fails to file his proposed first amended

complaint by that date, his motion will be denied for failure to comply with the Court’s

Order.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court must mail to Plaintiff a

court-approved form for filing a civil rights complaint by a prisoner.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendants shall file a response to Plaintiff’s

Motion for Leave to File Amended Pleadings (Doc. 45) by Friday, June 25, 2010. A reply,

if any, shall be filed by Plaintiff by Friday, July 2, 2010.

DATED this 19th day of May, 2010.

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