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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

DURRELL A. PUCKETT,

Plaintiff,

v.

SGT. RONALD VOGEL, et al.,

Defendants.

_____________________________________/

Case No. 1:13-cv-00525-SKO (PC)

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR 

LEAVE TO FILE SECOND AMENDED 

COMPLAINT

(Doc. 11)

Plaintiff Durrell A. Puckett, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed 

this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on April 12, 2013. On July 8, 2014, the Court 

screened Plaintiff’s amended complaint and found that it stated cognizable federal excessive force 

and equal protection claims against eleven defendants. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. The Court ordered 

Plaintiff to complete and return the service documents so that service of process could be initiated.

The order was filed on July 9, 2014, the same day on which Plaintiff filed a motion seeking 

leave to amend, accompanied by a proposed second amended complaint. Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a). 

Plaintiff’s motion to amend, however, fails to identify what “ground for relief” he is adding. 

(Doc. 11.) The party seeking relief bears the burden of stating “with particularity the grounds for”

the motion. Fed. R. Civ. P. 7(b)(1)(B). The Court does not have a duty to compare Plaintiff’s 

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complaints side and side and attempt to deduce what new grounds for relief were added, and it 

declines to do so.

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Accordingly, Plaintiff’s motion seeking leave to file a second amended complaint is 

HEREBY DENIED, without prejudice. Fed. R. Civ. P. 7(b)(1)(B). 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 27, 2014 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

 

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It bears mention that the complaints are in different formats, making the task of ascertaining the changes even more 

difficult.

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