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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

DION ANDERSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

L. CAHLANDER, et al., 

Defendants.

Case No. 1:12-cv-01966 LJO DLB PC

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S 

MOTION TO FILE SECOND AMENDED 

COMPLAINT

[ECF No. 21]

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT 

TO FILE LODGED SECOND AMENDED 

COMPLAINT

[ECF No. 22]

Plaintiff Dion Anderson (“Plaintiff”) is a California state prisoner proceeding pro se and 

in forma pauperis in this civil action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 

Plaintiff filed his initial complaint on December 3, 2012. The Court dismissed the 

complaint on June 7, 2013, and granted Plaintiff leave to file a First Amended Complaint. On 

August 23, 2013, Plaintiff filed his First Amended Complaint. On July 10, 2014, he filed a 

motion to file a Second Amended Complaint and lodged the proposed Second Amended 

Complaint on the same date.

“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 

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delay in the litigation; or (4) is futile.” Id. Here, Defendants have not yet been served. 

Therefore, Defendants will not be prejudiced by the filing of a Second Amended Complaint. 

The Court will grant Petitioner’s motion.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:

1) Plaintiff’s motion to file a Second Amended Complaint is GRANTED; and

2) The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to file the lodged Second Amended Complaint.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 26, 2014 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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