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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

TIMOTHY BUFORD,

Plaintiff,

v.

WASCO STATE PRISON, et al.,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 1:01-CV-5192-REC-SMS-P 

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR LEAVE TO AMEND PRAYER FOR

RELIEF

(Doc. 139)

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK’S OFFICE TO

FILE IN AMENDMENT, AND NOTIFYING

PARTIES THAT PLAINTIFF’S SECOND

AMENDED COMPLAINT IS DEEMED

AMENDED TO INCLUDE THE SEPARATE

PRAYER FOR RELIEF

Plaintiff Timothy Buford (“plaintiff”) is a prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis

in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 12132 (Americans with Disabilities Act). This

action is proceeding on plaintiff’s second amended complaint, filed January 8, 2004, against

defendants Carbajal, Bindel, Huertas, Dobbs, Cheatham, Leong, and Songer (“defendants”) on

plaintiff’s ADA claim. On December 2, 2005, plaintiff filed a motion seeking leave to amend his

prayer for relief and submitted a proposed amendment.

Although the court requires amended pleadings to be complete within themselves, has

advised plaintiff of this requirement in court documents 93, 112, 122, and 131, and has rejected

plaintiff’s previous attempts to amend piecemeal, the court deems that in the interest of expediting

these proceedings and allowing this action to continue to proceed on the second amended complaint

filed on January 8, 2004, plaintiff shall be allowed to amend his prayer for relief by separate

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amendment. The Clerk’s Office shall be directed to file in the proposed amended prayer for relief

and the parties are notified that the second amended complaint, filed January 8, 2004, is deemed

amended to include the prayer for relief submitted by plaintiff on December 2, 2005, and filed in

accordance with this order.

Plaintiff is cautioned that the court’s decision in this order should not be taken as an

indication that he may attempt to amend his pleadings piecemeal or that the court has changed any

of the requirements plaintiff has been previously notified about via the court’s orders. The exception

made by this order applies only to the proposed amendment at issue in this order.

Finally, in a separate order issued concurrently with this order, the court denied plaintiff’s

motion seeking leave to amend to add the State of California as a defendant and a claim for

deliberate indifference. Therefore, any and all references to the State of California as a defendant

in the prayer for relief at issue in this order are disregarded.

Accordingly, it is HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s motion seeking leave to amend his prayer for relief, filed December 2,

2005, is GRANTED;

2. The Clerk’s Office shall file in the amendment lodged with the court on December

2, 2005;

3. The second amended complaint, filed January 8, 2004, is deemed amended to include

the prayer for relief filed in accordance with this order; and

4. Reference to the State of California as a defendant in the prayer for relief is

DISREGARDED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 20, 2006 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

icido3 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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