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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

MARC ANTHONY LOWELL ENDSLEY,

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-09-2311 WBS GGH P

vs.

STEPHEN MAYBERG, et al.,

Defendants. ORDER 

 /

 Plaintiff, civilly committed to a state mental hospital, is proceeding in forma

pauperis and seeks relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Defendants have filed a “statement”

asking the court if, in light of their pending motion to dismiss (Docket # 12), they should file an

opposition to plaintiff’s subsequent motion for leave to file an amended complaint. As plaintiff

did not file his first amended complaint within 21 days after service of the Fed. R. 12(b)(6)

motion, filed on March 11, 2010, plaintiff’s proposed first amended complaint cannot be filed as

of right, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(1)(B). Defendants’ current motion to dismiss

implicates only the first claim for relief in the original complaint, which contains four claims for

relief. According to plaintiff, the proposed first amended complaint amends the fourth claim

and adds two more as well as more defendants. Therefore, since defendants intend to oppose the

filing of the amended complaint, they should not wait until the adjudication of the pending

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motion to dismiss to do so. The court will grant defendants what amounts to a further extension

of time to file their opposition to plaintiff’s motion to amend.

Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that defendants are granted twenty-one days from

the filed date of this order to oppose plaintiff’s motion to amend his complaint, filed on April 28,

2010 (docket # 21), after which plaintiff will have fourteen days to file any reply.

DATED: July 15, 2010

 /s/ Gregory G. Hollows

 

GREGORY G. HOLLOWS 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

ends2311.ord

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