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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

SUSAN MAE POLK,

Plaintiff,

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PITTMAN, et al.,

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1:11-cv-00728-AWI- BAM (PC)

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S 

OBJECTIONS TO SCREENING ORDER 

DISMISSING THIRD AMENDED 

COMPLAINT

(ECF No. 85)

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Plaintiff Susan Mae Polk (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil 

rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On December 22, 2014, the Magistrate Judge 

screened Plaintiff’s third amended complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A, and determined 

that it failed to comply with Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 8 and 18. The Magistrate Judge 

dismissed Plaintiff’s third amended complaint with leave to amend within thirty days. (ECF No. 

83.)

On January 22, 2015, Plaintiff requested an extension of time to March 26, 2015, to file 

her amended complaint. (ECF No. 84.) On the same date, Plaintiff filed objections to the 

Magistrate Judge’s screening order dismissing the third amended complaint with leave to amend. 

(ECF No. 85.) 

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Pursuant to Local Rule 303(b), a ruling by a Magistrate Judge is final within 14 days of 

service of the order. See Local Rule 303(b). Similarly, Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(a) 

provides that a party may file objections to a Magistrate Judge’s orders within 14 days. See Fed. 

R. Civ. P. 72(a). Here, Plaintiff filed the instant objections more than thirty days after service of 

the Magistrate Judge’s screening order. Plaintiff’s objections are untimely. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 

72; Local Rule 303. Because the objections are untimely, they will be denied. See id.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff’s objections are DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 31, 2015 

 SENIOR DISTRICT JUDGE

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