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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

WILLIAM CECIL THORNTON,

Plaintiff,

v.

DON MORGAN, et al.,

Defendants.

CASE NO. 1:15-cv-01786-MJS (PC)

ORDER DISCHARGING ORDER TO 

SHOW CAUSE 

(ECF No. 17)

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil 

rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On October 15, 2015, Plaintiff filed 

his first civil rights complaint. (ECF No. 1.) His complaint was in the form of a letter 

rather than a formal complaint; therefore, the Court directed Plaintiff to resubmit his 

claims on a complaint form by November 23, 2015. (ECF No. 2.) On November 9, 2015, 

Plaintiff requested and was granted a sixty day extension of time to file a first amended 

complaint. (ECF Nos. 8 and 13.) On February 29, 2016, Plaintiff requested yet another 

sixty-day extension of time. (ECF No. 14.) Plaintiff’s request was denied and he was 

directed to file a first amended complaint by April 9, 2016. (ECF No. 15.) On April 21, 

2016, Plaintiff requested an additional five day extension. (ECF No. 16.) As of May 16, 

2016, Plaintiff had still not filed a first amended complaint. On that date, the Court 

issued an order denying Plaintiff’s third request for an extension and ordering Plaintiff to 

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show cause, within fourteen days from the date of the Court’s order, why his action 

should not be dismissed without prejudice for failure to obey a court order and failure to 

state a claim. (ECF. No. 17.) On May 25, 2016, Plaintiff filed his first amended civil 

rights complaint. 

Having received Plaintiff’s first amended civil rights complaint, the Court will 

discharge the order to show cause, and will screen Plaintiff’s first amended complaint in 

due course.

Based on the foregoing, the order to show cause (ECF No. 17) is HEREBY 

DISCHARGED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 26, 2016 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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