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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

GUSTAVO MCKENZIE,

Plaintiff,

v.

E. BANUELOS, et al., 

Defendants.

Case No. 1:13-cv-01258-MJS (PC)

ORDER (1) DENYING PLAINTIFF’S 

REQUEST TO SUPPLEMENT 

COMPLAINT WITH SUPPORTING 

DOCUMENTS, (2) STRIKING 

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS, and (3) 

GRANTING LEAVE TO FILE AMENDED 

PLEADING

(ECF No. 7)

THIRTY DAY DEADLINE

Plaintiff Gustavo McKenzie is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma

pauperis in this civil rights action filed August 12, 2013 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The 

complaint has not been screened.

On September 3, 2013, Plaintiff filed documents in support of his complaint .1(ECF 

No. 7.) 

Plaintiff may not supplement a complaint in this manner. An amended pleading must 

be complete within itself without reference to another pleading; partial amendments are not 

permissible. Local Rule 220. Plaintiff's supplemental documents do not constitute a

 

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I.e., Supporting Documents D1 through F8.

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complete pleading in and of themselves. They are dependent upon the underlying pleading

for context and meaning. 

Additionally, Plaintiff has been advised that the Court will not serve as a repository 

for evidence and that he need not attach exhibits to his complaint. (ECF No. 4 at ¶ J.) “For 

Court screening purposes, facts stated in the complaint are accepted as true.” (Id.) 

 Plaintiff’s proffered supporting documents (ECF No. 7) are unauthorized and shall 

be stricken. Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(f); Ready Transp., Inc. v. AAR Mfg., Inc., 627 F.3d 402, 404-

05 (9th Cir. 2010) (courts have the inherent power to control their docket and in the 

exercise of that power, they may properly strike documents). If Plaintiff wishes to file a first 

amended complaint, he may do so within thirty days following service of this order. If he 

does so, he must file a pleading that is complete in and of itself, containing “a short and 

plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief . . . .” Fed. R. Civ.

P. 8(a)(2). Detailed factual allegations are not required, but “[t]hreadbare recitals of the 

elements of a cause of action, supported by mere conclusory statements, do not suffice.” 

Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 129 S.Ct. 1937, 1949, 173 L.Ed.2d 868 (2009), citing Bell 

Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 555, 127 S.Ct. 1955, 167 L.Ed.2d 929 (2007). 

Should Plaintiff fail to file a first amended complaint within this thirty day period, the 

Court will assume he wishes to proceed on the underlying complaint.

Accordingly, for the reasons state above, it is HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

1. Plaintiff’s September 3, 2013 request to file supporting documents (ECF No. 

7) is DENIED and the supporting documents (ECF No. 7) shall be stricken 

from the record; and

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2. Plaintiff is GRANTED leave to file a first amended complaint by not later than 

thirty (30) days following service of this order, in the absence of a timely filed 

first amended complaint, this matter will proceed on the underlying complaint.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 13, 2013 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE DEAC _Signature- END:

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