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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

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL CAST,

Plaintiff,

v.

JOHN D’AGOSTINI, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:23-cv-1428 KJN P

ORDER

Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding without counsel, in an action brought under 42 

U.S.C. § 1983. On October 3, 2023, plaintiff was granted leave to proceed as to defendants 

Chapman and Cameron, or plaintiff could opt to file a second amended complaint and delay 

service of process. On October 20, 2023, plaintiff filed a notice of election form, opting to file a 

second amended complaint. However, plaintiff did not file a complete second amended 

complaint. Rather, plaintiff filed a letter explaining that one of the exhibits he provided was not a 

journal but was a daily log that contained the names of witnesses as well as officers and nurses. 

It is unclear whether plaintiff intended this filing to be a proposed second amended 

complaint. However, the document does not constitute an amended complaint. Accordingly, 

plaintiff will be granted an extension of time to file a second amended complaint that complies 

with the October 3, 2023 screening order. Moreover, plaintiff is required to file his second 

amended complaint on the court’s form. This will ensure that plaintiff includes all allegations 

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and information needed.

Plaintiff is advised that any second amended complaint must clearly identify each 

defendant and the action that each defendant took that violated constitutional rights. The court is 

not required to review exhibits to identify a defendant or to determine what plaintiff’s charging 

allegations are as to each named defendant. Instead, charging allegations as to each named 

defendant must be set forth in the second amended complaint so defendants have fair notice of the 

claims plaintiff is presenting.

Finally, plaintiff is not required to append exhibits to his pleading. Plaintiff may, 

however, ask the court to append exhibits previously submitted with prior pleadings. (ECF No. 7 

at 7-11.) 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff is granted an extension of time to file a second amended complaint. 

2. Within thirty days from the date of this order, plaintiff shall complete the attached 

Notice of Amendment and submit the following documents to the court:

a. The completed Notice of Amendment; and

b. An original of the Second Amended Complaint.

Plaintiff’s second amended complaint shall comply with the requirements of the Civil Rights Act, 

the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and the Local Rules of Practice. The second amended 

complaint must also bear the docket number assigned to this case and must be labeled “Second 

Amended Complaint.” 

Plaintiff shall file his second amended complaint on the court’s form complaint.

3. Failure to comply with this order will result in a recommendation that plaintiff’s 

second claim and his claim against the jail be dismissed without prejudice, and this action will 

proceed solely on plaintiff’s Eighth Amendment claims against defendants Chapman and 

Cameron contained in his first amended complaint.

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4. The Clerk of the Court shall send plaintiff the form for filing a civil rights complaint by 

a prisoner.

Dated: November 1, 2023

/cast1428.36

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL CAST,

Plaintiff,

v.

JOHN D’AGOSTINI, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:23-cv-1428 KJN P

NOTICE OF AMENDMENT

Plaintiff appends his amended complaint.

DATED: 

_______________________________

Plaintiff

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