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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RAYMOND L. OUBICHON,

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-06-2749 RRB EFB P

vs.

TOM CAREY, Warden, et al.,

Defendants. ORDER

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Plaintiff is a state prisoner without counsel prosecuting a civil rights action. See 42

U.S.C. § 1983. He seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis. This proceeding was referred to

this court by Local Rule 72-302 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). 

Plaintiff’s declaration makes the showing required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1) and (2).

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1), plaintiff must pay the $350 filing fee. See 28 U.S.C.

§ 1914(a). Plaintiff must make monthly payments of 20 percent of the preceding month’s

income credited to his trust account. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2). The agency having custody of

plaintiff shall forward payments from plaintiff’s account to the Clerk of the Court each time the

amount in the account exceeds $10 until the filing fee is paid. 

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Plaintiff filed his original complaint on December 6, 2006. On October 26, 2007,

plaintiff filed a motion for leave to file an amended complaint, together with a proposed

amended complaint. Plaintiff may amend his complaint once as a matter of course at any time

before a responsive pleading is served. See Fed. R. Civ. P. Rule 15(a). Plaintiff’s motion to

amend is therefore denied as unnecessary.

The court has reviewed plaintiff’s amended complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A

and finds it does not state a cognizable claim against any defendant. Plaintiff alleges that, during

a riot, he was handcuffed and celled for a period of time in which he slipped and fell in urine and

water and broke his wrist. He claims that he did not receive medical attention for hours. Later

that night he received care. His wrist was x-rayed the following day and plaintiff underwent an

operation on his wrist. Plaintiff fails to allege how any of the named defendants had a part in his

injury. To proceed, plaintiff must file an amended complaint.

Plaintiff must identify as a defendant only persons who personally participated in a

substantial way in depriving plaintiff of a federal constitutional right. Johnson v. Duffy, 588

F.2d 740, 743 (9th Cir. 1978) (a person subjects another to the deprivation of a constitutional

right if he does an act, participates in another’s act or omits to perform an act he is legally

required to do that causes the alleged deprivation). 

Any amended complaint must show that the federal court has jurisdiction and that

plaintiff’s action is brought in the right place, that plaintiff is entitled to relief if plaintiff’s

allegations are true, and must contain a request for particular relief. In an amended complaint,

the allegations must be set forth in numbered paragraphs. Fed. R. Civ. P. 10(b). Plaintiff may

join multiple claims if they are all against a single defendant. Fed. R. Civ. P. 18(a). If plaintiff

has more than one claim based upon separate transactions or occurrences, the claims must be set

forth in separate paragraphs. Fed. R. Civ. P. 10(b).

A prisoner who claims deliberate indifference to a serious medical need must allege acts

or omissions evidencing identified defendants knew of and disregarded plaintiff’s serious

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medical needs. Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97, 106 (1976); Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825,

837 (1994). Neither defendants’ negligence nor plaintiff’s general disagreement with the

treatment he received suffices to state a claim. Estelle, 429 U.S. at 106; Hutchinson v. United

States, 838 F.2d 390, 394 (9th Cir. 1988); Jackson v. McIntosh, 90 F.3d 330, 331 (9th Cir.

1996). 

A prisoner raising a claim against a supervisor who did not personally inflict the injury

alleged must allege the supervisor (1) caused others to act, or knowingly refused to stop them

from acting, knowing or having reasonable cause to know they would inflict injury; (2) approved

such conduct and injury after the fact; or (3) so failed to train or control subordinates to avoid

such injury as to demonstrate reckless or callous indifference to constitutional injury. Redman v.

County of San Diego, 942 F.2d 1435, 1446 (9th Cir. 1991) (en banc); Taylor v. List, 880 F.2d

1040, 1045 (9th Cir. 1989); Hansen v. Black, 885 F.2d 642, 646 (9th Cir.1989); Johnson v.

Duffy, 588 F.2d 740, 743 (9th Cir. 1978); see also, Jones v. Williams, 297 F.3d 930, 937 & fn. 4

(9th Cir. 2002).

An amended complaint must be complete in itself without reference to any prior

pleading. Local Rule 15-220; see Loux v. Rhay, 375 F.2d 55, 57 (9th Cir. 1967). Once plaintiff

files an amended complaint, the original pleading is superseded.

Plaintiff is admonished that by signing an amended complaint he certifies he has made

reasonable inquiry and has evidentiary support for his allegations and that for violation of this

rule the court may impose sanctions sufficient to deter repetition by plaintiff or others. Fed. R.

Civ. P. 11. Prison rules require plaintiff to obey all laws, including this one, and plaintiff may

be punished by prison authorities for violation of the court’s rules and orders. See Cal. Code

Regs. tit. 15, § 3005.

A prisoner may bring no § 1983 action until he has exhausted such administrative

remedies as are available to him. 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a). The requirement is mandatory. Booth

v. Churner, 532 U.S. 731, 741 (2001). Plaintiff is further admonished that by signing an

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amended complaint he certifies his claims are warranted by existing law, including the law that

he exhaust administrative remedies, and that for violation of this rule plaintiff risks dismissal of

his action.

Accordingly, the court hereby orders that:

1. Plaintiff’s request to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. 

2. Plaintiff shall pay the statutory filing fee of $350. All payments shall be collected in

accordance with the notice to the Director of the California Department of Corrections and

Rehabilitation filed concurrently herewith. 

3. Plaintiff’s October 26, 2007, motion for leave to file an amended complaint is denied

as unnecessary.

4. The amended complaint is dismissed with leave to amend within 30 days. Plaintiff

shall file an original and one copy of the amended complaint, which must bear the docket

number assigned to this case and be titled “Second Amended Complaint.” Failure to file an

amended complaint will result in a recommendation this action be dismissed for failure to state a

claim. If plaintiff files a second amended complaint stating a cognizable claim the court will

proceed with service of process by the United States Marshal. 

Dated: April 8, 2008.

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