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Nature of Suit Code: 446
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Other
Cause of Action: 42:2651 Medical Care Recovery

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

KENNETH L. CAMPBELL,

Plaintiff,

v.

BARACK OBAMA, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 14-cv-03071-BLF 

ORDER STRIKING PLAINTIFF'S 

PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO 

COMPLAINT FILED AUGUST 24, 2015; 

AND SETTING DEADLINE FOR 

FILING AMENDED PLEADING IN 

CONFORMANCE WITH 

MAGISTRATE JUDGE GREWAL'S 

ORDER, THIS COURT'S CIVIL LOCAL 

RULES, AND THE FEDERAL RULES 

OF CIVIL PROCEDURE

Plaintiff Kenneth L. Campbell, proceeding pro se, commenced this action on July 7, 2014 

by filing a complaint against Barack Obama, President of the United States (“Obama”), Sylvia 

Burwell, Secretary of Health and Human Services (“Burwell”), the State Bar of California (“the 

State Bar”), Senior Adults Legal Assistance (“SALA”), Kaiser Health Foundation/VA Clacher 

(“Kaiser”), and others. On December 2, 2014, Magistrate Judge Grewal – to whom the case then 

was assigned – dismissed on the record all defendants except Obama, Burwell, the State Bar, 

SALA, and Kaiser. See Minute Entry, ECF 104. On February 10, 2015, Judge Grewal issued a 

written order granting motions to dismiss brought by Obama, Burwell, the State Bar, and SALA, 

with leave to amend as to claims against those defendants. See Order Granting Motions to 

Dismiss and Denying Motions for Removal, Joinder and Vacation and Withdrawal, ECF 105.

Judge Grewal’s order did not set a deadline for amendment to the complaint. On May 19, 

2015, Obama and Burwell filed a notice of failure to file amended complaint, suggesting that the 

Court set a deadline by which Plaintiff could amend. See Federal Defendants’ Notice Re 

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Plaintiff’s Failure to File Amended Complaint, ECF 106. On August 14, 2015, SALA filed an 

administrative motion requesting that the Court set a deadline for amendment. See Motion for 

Administrative Relief, ECF 107. On August 17, 2015, Judge Grewal granted the administrative 

motion and granted Plaintiff seven days within which to file an amended complaint. See Order 

Granting Motion for Administrative Relief, ECF 109. Plaintiff timely filed a “Proposed 

Amendment to Complaint” on August 24, 2015, see ECF 111, along with a joinder in the earlier 

administrative motion to set a deadline for amendment, see ECF 112. The case was reassigned to 

the undersigned judge on September 1, 2015.

Plaintiff’s “Proposed Amendment to Complaint” is defective in two respects. First, it 

states that “Plaintiff adopts and realleges all paragraphs and provisions of the original verified 

complaint and incorporates them herein as though fully set-forth in haec verba.” Proposed 

Amendment to Complaint at 1, ECF 111. Incorporation of prior pleadings is not permitted under 

this Court’s Civil Local Rules; an amended complaint must be a full and complete document in 

and of itself. See Civ. L.R. 10-1. Second, Plaintiff’s proposed amended pleading purports to add 

numerous defendants not named in the original complaint. Judge Grewal’s order did not grant 

Plaintiff leave to add new defendants; it stated that “leave to amend is GRANTED for each 

Defendant dismissed.” Order Granting Motions to Dismiss and Denying Motions for Removal, 

Joinder and Vacation and Withdrawal at 11, ECF 105. Plaintiff must seek leave of Court if he 

wishes to add new parties or claims to his pleadings. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a).

Accordingly, the Court HEREBY STRIKES Plaintiff’s “Proposed Amendment to 

Complaint.” Plaintiff is granted until September 24, 2015 to file an amended complaint that 

conforms with Judge Grewal’s order, this Court’s Civil Local Rules, and the Federal Rules of 

Civil Procedure.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 3, 2015

______________________________________

BETH LABSON FREEMAN

United States District Judge

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