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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

D. DUSTIN,

Plaintiff,

v.

CAPTAIN TYSON, et al.,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 1:08-cv-00380-LJO-GSA PC

ORDER GRANTING FINAL THIRTY-DAY

EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE AMENDED

COMPLAINT

(Doc. 30)

Plaintiff D. Dustin, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed this civil

rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on March 17, 2008. On September 30, 2008, the Court

dismissed Plaintiff’s complaint for failure to comply with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(a), and

ordered Plaintiff to file an amended complaint within thirty days. Plaintiff has repeatedly sought

extensions of time to amend, which the Court has generously granted. Along with the two most

recent orders, the Court has supplied Plaintiff with a copy of his original complaint and a copy of

the form complaint. Sixteen months have now passed and Plaintiff still has not filed an amended

complaint. Pending before the Court is another request for additional time, filed November 23,

2009.

A sixteen month time period is more than sufficient for Plaintiff to write down his legal

claims and set forth the facts in support of them, which includes linking each named defendant to

a claim or claims. A pleading should not and need not be lengthy to be sufficient to state a claim. 

Plaintiff has thirty days to file a legible amended complaint that complies with the Court’s order of

September 30, 2008. No further extensions of time will be granted. The failure to file an amended

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complaint within thirty days from the date of service of this order will result in dismissal of this

action. 

Accordingly, it is HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s motion for an extension of time, filed November 23, 2009, is GRANTED;

2. Plaintiff shall file an amended complaint in compliance with the Court’s order of

September 30, 2008, within thirty (30) days from the date of service of this order;

3. No further extensions of time will be granted; and

4. This action will be dismissed if Plaintiff fails to file an amended complaint within

thirty days.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: January 29, 2010 /s/ Gary S. Austin 

i0d3h8 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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