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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

ROBERT JOHNSON, 

 Plaintiff,

 vs.

DR. YULIT, et al.,

 Defendants.

1:12-cv-00947-GSA-PC

ORDER IN RESPONSE TO PLAINTIFF’S 

NOTICE OF CLARIFICATION

(Doc. 30.)

ORDER VACATING DEADLINE FOR 

PLAINTIFF TO FILE MOTION TO AMEND 

(Doc. 28.)

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK TO SEND 

PLAINTIFF A CONFORMED COPY OF 

HIS SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT

(Doc. 26.)

I. BACKGROUND

Robert Johnson (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis 

with this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed the Complaint 

commencing this action on June 1, 2012. (Doc. 1.) On June 19, 2012, Plaintiff consented to 

the jurisdiction of a Magistrate Judge in this action, and no other parties have appeared. (Doc. 

9.)

Plaintiff filed the First Amended Complaint on January 14, 2013. (Doc. 21.) On 

November 14, 2013, Plaintiff submitted a proposed Second Amended Complaint, which was 

lodged by the court. (Doc. 24.) After reviewing Plaintiff’s complaints, the court sua sponte 

granted Plaintiff leave to amend, and the Second Amended Complaint was filed on November 

20, 2013. (Docs. 25, 26.) 

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On January 15, 2014, Plaintiff submitted another amended complaint which the court 

construed as a proposed Third Amended Complaint, which was lodged by the court. (Doc. 27.) 

On January 17, 2014, the court issued an order striking the lodged Third Amended Complaint 

as improperly submitted without a motion to amend. (Doc. 28.) Plaintiff was granted thirty 

days in which to file a motion to amend the complaint, if he so wished. (Id.)

On February 3, 2014, Plaintiff filed a notice clarifying the status of his multiple 

complaints. (Doc. 30.) Plaintiff explains that the amended complaint he submitted on January 

15, 2014 was not intended as a proposed Third Amended Complaint, but instead was a copy of 

the Second Amended Complaint for the Clerk to conform and return to him. 

Good cause appearing, the court shall provide Plaintiff with a conformed copy of his 

Second Amended Complaint, and the deadline for Plaintiff to file a motion to amend shall be 

vacated.

Accordingly, good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The thirty-day deadline for Plaintiff to file a motion to amend, established by the 

court’s order of January 17, 2014, is VACATED; 

2. The Clerk is directed to send Plaintiff a conformed copy of the Second 

Amended Complaint filed on November 20, 2013 (Doc. 26); and

3. Plaintiff’s Second Amended Complaint shall be screened by the court in due 

time.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 10, 2014 /s/ Gary S. Austin 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE DEAC_Signature-END:

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