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Nature of Suit Code: 950
Nature of Suit: Constitutionality of State Statutes
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DOE PUBLIUS,

Petitioner,

v.

DIANE F. BOYER-VINE, in her official 

capacity as Legislative Counsel of 

California,

Respondent.

No. 1:16-cv-01152-LJO-SKO 

ORDER APPROVING PARTIES’ 

STIPULATION TO AMENDMENT 

NUNC PRO TUNC

(Doc. 11)

On October 31, 2016, Plaintiff, Doe Publius, and Defendant, Diane F. Boyer-Vine, 

Legislative Counsel of California, stipulated to Plaintiff’s amendment of the complaint in a form 

attached to the stipulation. (The amended complaint was filed separately as Document 12.) 

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a)(2) authorizes amendment by consent of the opposing party. 

The Local Rules of the Eastern District of California, however, provide that “[s]tipulations are not 

effective unless approved by the Court.” Loc. R. 143(b). Pursuant to Local Rule 137, the parties 

were required to submit the stipulation to the Court prepared for the Court’s endorsement of the 

stipulation. Loc. R. 143(b). Because the parties did not do so, the amendment was not effective 

when filed.

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The parties’ procedural error has come to the attention of the Court in the course of its 

preparation for the imminent scheduling conference. Having reviewed the first amended 

complaint (Doc. 12), the Court has determined that, had the stipulation been submitted with the 

required endorsement, the Court would have ordered it effective.

Accordingly, the parties’ stipulation to Plaintiff’s amended complaint is hereby 

ORDERED effective nunc pro tunc.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 2, 2016 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto .

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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