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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

DANIEL MANRIQUEZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

HUCHINS, et al.,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 1:09-cv-00456-LJO-SMS PC

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

TO FILE AMENDED COMPLAINT AND

WITHDRAW PREVIOUSLYFILEDAMENDED

COMPLAINT AND ORDERING CLERK’S

OFFICE TO FILE FIRST AMENDED

COMPLAINT

(ECF Nos. 142, 143)

ORDER WITHDRAWING PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION TO AMEND COMPLAINT,

MOTION FOR REMOVAL OF EXHIBITS

FROM COMPLAINT, MOTION TO

SUPPLEMENT PARAGRAPH, AMENDED

COMPLAINT AND SUPPLEMENTAL

PARAGRAPH

(ECF Nos. 66, 68, 69, 70)

Plaintiff Daniel Manriquez (“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 is proceeding on the

complaint, filed March 11, 2009, against Defendants J. Huchins, J. Reynoso, M. Hacker, R.

Roberson, C. Munoz, D. Daley, P. Perez, Paz, C. Morse, Omos, and Clausings for cruel and unusual

punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment. On April 1, 2011, Plaintiff filed a motion for

leave to file an amended complaint, motion for leave to remove exhibits from the amended

complaint, and lodged a first amended complaint. (ECF Nos. 66, 68.) Plaintiff filed a motion to

supplement a paragraph of the proposed complaint and lodged a supplemental paragraph on April

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25, 2011. (ECF No. 69, 70.) On September 6, 2011, Plaintiff filed a motion for leave to file an

amended complaint and request to withdraw his previouslyfiled motion and amended complaint and

lodged a first amended complaint. (ECF Nos. 142, 143.)

Plaintiff’s motion to withdraw his motion for leave to amend the complaint and related

documents shall be granted.

Plaintiff requests leave to file an amended complaint to correct the name of a defendant,

identify defendants, and add additional defendants and claims. Under Rule 15(a) of the Federal

Rules of Civil Procedure, a party may amend the party’s pleading once as a matter of course at any

time before a responsive pleading is served. Otherwise, a party may amend only by leave of the

court or by written consent of the adverse party, and leave shall be freely given when justice so

requires. Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a). “Rule 15(a) is very liberal and leave to amend ‘shall be freely given

when justice so requires.’” Amerisource Bergen Corp. v. Dialysis West, Inc., 465 F.3d 946, 951 (9th

Cir. 2006) (quoting Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)). However, courts “need not grant leave to amend where

the amendment: (1) prejudices the opposing party; (2) is sought in bad faith; (3) produces an undue

delay in the litigation; or (4) is futile.” Id. The factor of “‘[u]ndue delay by itself . . . is insufficient

to justify denying a motion to amend.’” Owens v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., 244 F.3d

708, 712,13 (9th Cir. 2001) (quoting Bowles v. Reade, 198 F.3d 752, 757-58 (9th Cir. 1999)).

Plaintiff’s motion for leave to file a first amended complaint shall be granted. The Court is

required to screen complaints brought by prisoners seeking relief against a governmental entity or

officer or employee of a governmental entity. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). The Court must dismiss a

complaint or portion thereof if the prisoner has raised claims that are legally “frivolous or

malicious,” that “fails to state a claim on which reliefmay be granted,” or that “seeks monetary relief

against a defendant who is immune from such relief.” 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B). A screening order

shall issue once the first amended complaint has been screened.

Accordingly, it is HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s motion for leave to file a first amended complaint, motion for leave for

removal of exhibits from complaint filed April 1, 2011, and first amended complaint

lodged April 1, 2011, are WITHDRAWN;

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2. Plaintiff’s motion to supplement paragraph filed April 25, 2011, and supplemental

paragraph lodged April 25, 2011, are WITHDRAWN;

3. Plaintiff’s motion for leave to file a first amended complaint, filed September 6,

2011, is GRANTED; and 

4. The Clerk’s Office shall file Plaintiff’s first amended complaint, lodged September

6, 2011. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: October 19, 2011 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe 

cm411 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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