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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

ERNEST LEE VADEN,

Plaintiff,

v.

DR ROBERT L MAYES, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:19-cv-2216 TLN CKD P

ORDER

Plaintiff is a California prisoner proceeding with a civil action against defendants Mayes, 

Kuersten and California State Prison, Solano. Plaintiff seeks leave to file a second amended 

complaint. Under Rule 15(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the court grants leave to 

amend “when justice so requires.” In deciding whether leave to amend should be granted, 

factors to be considered include the presence or absence of undue delay, bad faith, dilatory 

motive, repeated failure to cure deficiencies by previous amendments, undue prejudice to the 

opposing party and futility of the proposed amendment. Forman v. Davis, 371 U.S. 178, 182 

(1962).

The court has reviewed plaintiff’s proposed second amended complaint. The body of the 

proposed second amended complaint is 20 pages as opposed to the operative amended complaint 

which is only 8 pages. While the court understands that it is appropriate that the second amended 

complaint be longer than the amended complaint as plaintiff attempts to add defendants back into 

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the case that were included in the original complaint but not the amended, plaintiff has not 

adequately explained the expansion of the proposed pleadings. Accordingly, plaintiff’s motion 

for leave to amend will be denied without prejudice to renewal within 30 days.

If plaintiff seeks leave to amend, he must identify all proposed amendments in his motion, 

why the proposed amendment is material (i.e. why the amendment matters) and must explain the 

delay in the presentation of the proposed amendment. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s motion for leave to file a second amended complaint (ECF No. 106) is 

denied without prejudice to renewal within 30 days. Plaintiff’s proposed second amended 

complaint (ECF No. 107) is stricken.

2. Plaintiff is granted thirty days within which to file a motion for leave to amend and a 

proposed second amended complaint. In the motion, plaintiff must identify all proposed 

amendments, explain why the proposed amendment is material and must explain the delay in the 

presentation of the proposed amendment.

3. If plaintiff files a motion to amend, defendants shall file an opposition, or statement of 

non-opposition, within 21 days of the day the motion is filed on the court’s electronic docket. 

Dated: September 26, 2022

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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