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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

SIXTO LOYA SALCIDO,

Plaintiff,

v.

I. VILLA, et al.,

Defendants.

_____________________________________/

Case No. 1:15-cv-00802 AWI DLB PC

ORDER REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S 

MOTION TO AMEND COMPLAINT AND 

DIRECTING PLAINTIFF TO FILE 

AMENDED COMPLAINT WITHIN THIRTY 

DAYS

Plaintiff Sixto Loya Salcido, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed 

this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on April 17, 2015, and filed his complaint on 

May 4, 2015. The case was transferred from the Northern District of California on May 22, 2015. 

On April 20, 2016, the Court screened the complaint and determined it failed to state a 

claim for relief under § 1983. Plaintiff was directed to file an amended complaint within thirty 

days. 

On May 18, 2016, Plaintiff filed a motion to amend the complaint. However, rather than 

filing or submitting a proposed First Amended Complaint, Plaintiff drafted his motion as a 

continuation of his initial complaint. Plaintiff’s continuation of his initial complaint is 

procedurally improper. As stated in the Court’s screening order, the initial complaint has been 

dismissed, and Plaintiff must file a First Amended Complaint. The First Amended Complaint

supersedes the original complaint, Lacey v. Maricopa County, 693 F.3d 896, 907 n.1 (9th Cir. 

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2012) (en banc), and it must be “complete in itself without reference to the prior or superseded 

pleading,” Local Rule 220. In addition

Accordingly, it is HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff is DIRECTED to file a First Amended Complaint within thirty (30) days, 

and the complaint must be complete in and of itself;

2. The Clerk’s Office shall send Plaintiff a civil rights complaint form; and

3. If Plaintiff fails to file an amended complaint in compliance with this order, this 

action will be dismissed, with prejudice, for failure to state a claim.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 1, 2016 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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