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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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ORDER

UNITED 

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COURT

For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

Northern District of California

San Francisco Division

KARLTON WAYNE McGARY, 

Plaintiff,

v.

LINA MANGLICMOT; et al., 

Defendants.

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No. C 14-4686 LB

ORDER DENYING LEAVE TO

FURTHER AMEND 

[Re: ECF No. 19]

Karlton Wayne McGary, an inmate currently housed at a facility in Eloy, Arizona, filed an

amended complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that the acts or omissions of four defendants –

all of whom worked at the Correctional Training Facility in Soledad ("CTF") – caused Mr. McGary

to be sent to an out-of-state facility at which his serious medical needs could not be addressed

adequately. The court found that, liberally construed, the amended complaint stated cognizable §

1983 claims against nurse Manglicmot, Dr. Palomero, captain Marziello, and CCI Summers for

deliberate indifference to Mr. McGary's serious medical needs, and ordered service of process on

them. The four defendants have appeared in this action and consented to proceed before a

magistrate judge. See ECF Nos. 20-23. The deadline for dispositive motions is May 1, 2015. ECF

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No. 18. 

Mr. McGary has filed a document entitled "Joint Negligence - Joint and Several," in which he

asserts that several people at facilities other than CTF also have not been responsive to his medical

needs. ECF No. 19. Nurse Eze allegedly was deliberately indifferent to Mr. McGary's medical

needs at a facility in Eloy, Arizona, on April 19 and 24, 2014; nurse Sollis allegedly was deliberately

indifferent to his medical needs at a facility in Sayre, Oklahoma on September 26, 2014; and captain

Brown, CCI Roacho and CCII Noel allegedly were deliberately indifferent to his medical needs

while they were at a facility in Rancho Cordova, California and Mr. McGary was at a facility in

Sayre, Oklahoma on October 15, 2014. See id. at 2-5.

Mr. McGary did not file a motion to amend to add these new claims and new defendants, but that

appears to be his intent. Once a party has filed an amended complaint, as Mr. McGary has done, he

may further amend "only with the opposing party's written consent or the court's leave. The court

should freely give leave when justice so requires." Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(2). Leave to amend need

not be granted when it would be futile. See Janicki Logging Co. v. Mateer, 42 F.3d 561, 566 (9th

Cir. 1994). 

The court will not grant him leave to file a second amended complaint to add these new claims

and new defendants because they are not properly joined with the existing claims against the

existing defendants. Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 20(a) all persons may be joined in one

action as defendants if "any right to relief is asserted against them jointly, severally, or in the

alternative with respect to or arising out of the same transaction, occurrence, or series of transactions

or occurrences," and if "any question of law or fact common to all defendants will arise in the

action." The claims asserted in the "Joint Negligence - Joint and Several" document are not properly

joined with the claims in the amended complaint because they do not (a) arise out of the same

transaction, occurrence, or series of transactions or occurrences, and (b) present questions of law or

fact common to all defendants. 

If Mr. McGary wishes to pursue claims against one or more of the persons mentioned in his

"Joint Negligence - Joint and Several" document, he may file a civil rights complaint in the

appropriate district. The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma is the proper

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venue for a § 1983 complaint pertaining to events or omissions occurring in Sayre, Oklahoma. The

U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona is the proper venue for a § 1983 complaint pertaining

to events or omissions occurring in Eloy, Arizona. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District

of California is the proper venue for a § 1983 complaint pertaining to events or omissions occurring

Rancho Cordova, California. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 15, 2015 _______________________________

LAUREL BEELER

United States Magistrate Judge

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