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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

MARIO MOLINA, 

 Plaintiff,

 v.

K. HOLLAND, et al.,

 Defendants.

1:15-cv-01260-EPG (PC)

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S 

MOTION FOR LEAVE TO AMEND

(ECF NO. 24)

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK TO DOCKET 

PLAINTIFF’S FIRST AMENDED 

COMPLAINT

Mario Molina (APlaintiff@) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in

this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. ' 1983. Plaintiff filed the complaint commencing 

this action on August 17, 2015. (ECF No. 1). The complaint has not yet been screened. On 

December 21, 2016, Plaintiff filed a motion for leave to amend. (ECF No. 24).

Given that the Court “should freely give leave [to amend] when justice so requires,” 

Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(2), and given that the Court has not yet screened the complaint, the Court 

will grant Plaintiff’s motion for leave to amend. The Court will screen Plaintiff’s First 

Amended complaint in due course, without reference to Plaintiff’s original complaint.

Accordingly, it is ORDERED that Plaintiff’s motion for leave to amend is GRANTED. 

The Clerk of Court is directed to docket Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint (ECF No. 24). 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 23, 2016 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

Case 1:15-cv-01260-DAD-EPG Document 25 Filed 12/27/16 Page 1 of 1