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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

MICHAEL LENOIR SMITH,

Plaintiff,

v.

WARDEN JAMES YATES, et al.,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 1:09-cv-00808-OWW-SMS PC

ORDER DIRECTING PLAINTIFF TO FILE A

FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT WITHIN

THIRTY DAYS

Plaintiff Michael LeNoir Smith, a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights, filed

this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on May 7, 2009. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a), the 1

Court screened Plaintiff’s Complaint and granted Plaintiff leave to file an amended complaint,

limited to curing the deficiencies in his equal protection and retaliation claims against Defendant

Lubken as alleged in court one – all other claims and defendants were dismissed, and the matter was

referred back to the undersigned for further proceedings. (Docs. 13, 17.)

A first amended complaint supercedes the original complaint, Forsyth v. Humana, Inc., 114

F.3d 1467, 1474 (9th Cir. 1997); King v. Atiyeh, 814 F.2d 565, 567 (9th Cir. 1987), and must be

“complete in itself without reference to the prior or superceded pleading,” Local Rule 15-220. 

Plaintiff may not change the nature of this suit by adding new, unrelated claims in his first amended

complaint, George v. Smith, 507 F.3d 605, 607 (7th Cir. 2007) (no “buckshot” complaints), and

indeed is only granted leave to file a first amended complaint to curing the deficiencies in his equal

Plaintiff’s complaint filed on May 7, 2009, was not signed and was stricken from the record. Plaintiff filed

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a signed complaint on June 3, 2009.

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protection and retaliation claims against Defendant Lubken as alleged in court one of his original

complaint.

Based on the foregoing, it is HEREBY ORDERED that:

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

2. Within thirty (30) days from the date of service of this order, Plaintiff must file a

first amended complaint curing the deficiencies identified by the court in this order;

and 

3. If Plaintiff fails to comply with this order, this action will be dismissed for failure to

state a cognizable claim.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 9, 2010 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

icido3 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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