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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

JEFFREY EMERSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

NEW FOLSOM STATE PRISON,

Defendants.

No. 2:14-cv-01569 TLN KJN P

ORDER

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel. He seeks relief pursuant to 42 

U.S.C. § 1983. 

On July 2, 2014, plaintiff filed his initial complaint. (ECF No. 1.) On August 14, 2014, 

the court filed an order dismissing the complaint (i) because the Eleventh Amendment barred suit 

against the sole defendant, New Folsom State Prison, and (ii) because among the remedies 

plaintiff sought was release from prison, a form of relief unavailable in a civil rights action 

brought under Section 1983. (ECF No. 17.) The court nonetheless granted plaintiff leave to file 

an amended complaint within thirty days. (Id.) 

Plaintiff failed to file an amended complaint. As a result, on October 17, 2014, the court 

issued findings and recommendations recommending that the action be dismissed without 

prejudice. (ECF No. 22.) Plaintiff was given fourteen days to file objections thereto. (Id.) On 

October 30, 2014, plaintiff filed objections consisting of a single handwritten page, reading as 

follows:

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MAGISTRATE JUDGE KENDALL J. NEWMAN.

ALL IS WELL.

OBVIOUSLY YOU DIDN’T READ MY 1983 OR YOU WOULDN’T OF SENT 

THIS I REALIZE YOU MADE A MISTAKE CORRECT IT. (ECF No. 24 at 1.)

Enclosed with this statement was a copy of the October 17, 2014 findings and recommendations. 

(Id. at 4-5.) Out of an abundance of caution, on November 17, 2014, the court issued an order 

granting plaintiff thirty additional days to file an amended complaint. (ECF No. 26.)

On December 3, 2014, plaintiff filed a notice explaining that he would be unable to file an 

amended complaint within thirty days; attached to this notice was a memorandum, dated 

December 1, 2014, on the letterhead of California Correctional Health Care Services. (ECF 

No. 27 at 2.) The memorandum is written by one M. DiCiro, whose title is listed as “Senior 

Psychologist Supervisor, Crisis Treatment Center, California State Prison, Sacramento.” (Id.) 

The memorandum provides that plaintiff was involuntarily admitted to the Correctional 

Treatment Center on November 4, 2014, that he is being compulsorily medicated, and that he

“ha[s] not been provided regular access to writing implements and incoming mail due to the 

inherent restrictions of the environment . . . and not permitted access to the law library throughout 

[his] stay.” (Id. at 2.)

In light of the foregoing, the court will provide plaintiff with an additional 30 days to file 

an amended complaint that meets the requirements for pleading under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. No 

additional extension of time will be given unless plaintiff provides further documentation from 

prison staff setting forth the reason(s) that he has been unable to timely respond to this order.

In accordance with the foregoing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve plaintiff with a copy of the court’s August 

14, 2014 order (ECF No. 17) for his review.

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 and one copy of plaintiff’s amended complaint.

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

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

also bear the docket number assigned to this case and must be labeled “Amended Complaint.” 

Failure to file an amended complaint in accordance with this order will result in the dismissal of 

this action.

Dated: February 18, 2015

/emer1569.14.new.2nd

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JEFFREY EMERSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

NEW FOLSOM STATE PRISON,

Defendants.

No. 2:14-cv-1569 TLN KJN P

NOTICE OF AMENDMENT

Plaintiff hereby submits the following document in compliance with the court's order 

filed______________.

_____________ Amended Complaint

DATED: 

________________________________

Plaintiff

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