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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

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JASON GRAYSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

JEFF LYNCH, et al.,

Defendant.

Case No. 2:24-cv-01488-JDP (PC)

ORDER 

SCREENING PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT 

AND GRANTING HIS APPLICATION TO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

ECF Nos. 1, 5, & 7

Plaintiff Jason Grayson is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action 

brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed his complaint on May 24, 2024, ECF No. 1, and 

later filed a supplement to his complaint on July 1, 2024, ECF No. 6. Because plaintiff’s 

complaint and the supplement allege claims based on two discrete events, I will grant plaintiff the 

opportunity to file an amended complaint. See Goodbar v. Paldara, No. 1:21-cv-01811-GSA-PC, 

2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 83423, 2022 WL 1462142, at *1 (E.D. Cal. May 9, 2022) (“Plaintiff may 

not amend the Complaint by adding new information submitted separately from the Complaint. 

[Instead], Plaintiff must file an amended complaint which is complete in itself, without reference 

to prior complaints.”). Plaintiff’s amended complaint should be complete in itself and contain all 

of the allegations that he wishes to have considered. I will also grant plaintiff’s application to 

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proceed in forma pauperis, which makes the required showing.

Accordingly, it is ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis, ECF No. 5, is granted.

2. Within thirty days from the service of this order, plaintiff may file an amended 

complaint. 

3. The Clerk of Court is directed to send plaintiff a complaint form. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 26, 2024 

JEREMY D. PETERSON

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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