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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

GUILLERMO TRUJILLO CRUZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

M. BITER, et al., 

Defendants.

Case No. 1:14-cv-01370 DLB PC

ORDER CONSTRUING PLAINTIFF’S 

MOTION TO AMEND AS FIRST

AMENDED COMPLAINT

[ECF No. 8]

Plaintiff Guillermo Trujillo Cruz, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma 

pauperis, filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on September 2, 2014. 

Plaintiff consented to the jurisdiction of the Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) on 

September 17, 2014.

On January 9, 2015, Plaintiff filed the instant pleading which is captioned as a motion to 

amend. Although captioned as a motion, the pleading presents as an amended complaint. Under 

Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a), a party may amend its pleading once as a matter of course within 21 days 

after serving it. Here, the initial complaint has not yet been screened and served. Therefore, 

Plaintiff may amend his complaint as a matter of course. 

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ORDER

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff’s motion to amend is 

CONSTRUED as a First Amended Complaint. The Complaint will be screened in due course.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 11, 2015 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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