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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

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

THOMAS MICHAEL COLT, E-63137,

Plaintiff,

v.

JOHN GRANDSAERT, Judge, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-04239-SK (PR) 

ORDER DISMISSING FIRST 

AMENDED COMPLAINT

Regarding Docket No. 7

 Per order filed on October 2, 2015, the court dismissed without prejudice plaintiff’s 

instant pro se prisoner action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for failure to state a claim upon 

which relief may be granted and directed the clerk to enter judgment and close the file. 

The court explained that plaintiff’s request for an order invalidating his state conviction 

must be brought in habeas rather than § 1983, and that his request for damages under 

§ 1983 for defendants’ unlawful actions in securing his state conviction is barred by Heck 

v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994), until his state conviction is first invalidated. 

Apparently before plaintiff received a copy of the court’s October 2, 2015 order of 

dismissal, he submitted for filing a First Amended Complaint (FAC) the clerk received on 

October 14, 2015. The FAC (docket #7) expands of plaintiff’s allegations of defendants’ 

unlawful actions in securing his state conviction, but must be DISMISSED on futility 

grounds because “it appears beyond doubt that the plaintiff’s proposed amended complaint 

would not remedy the deficiencies in the previous complaint.” Adam v. Hawaii, 235 F.3d 

1160, 1164 (9th Cir. 2001). 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 26, 2015 ______________________________________ 

SALLIE KIM 

United States Magistrate Judge 

Case 3:15-cv-04239-SK Document 8 Filed 10/26/15 Page 1 of 1