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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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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CURTIS LEE HENDERSON SR.,

Plaintiff,

 v.

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF

CORRECTION, et al., 

Defendants. ________________________________

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No. C 07-2838 SBA (PR) 

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S

MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE

SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT

(Docket no. 12) 

In this pro se civil rights action, Plaintiff has filed a motion for leave to file a second amended

complaint (docket no. 12). 

A plaintiff may amend his complaint once as a matter of course at any time before a

responsive pleading is served. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a). Where a plaintiff seeks to amend after a

responsive pleading has already been served, however, the decision whether to grant leave to amend

is committed to the sound discretion of the trial court. Waits v. Weller, 653 F.2d 1288, 1290 (9th

Cir. 1981). Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a) is to be applied liberally in favor of amendments

and, in general, leave shall be freely given when justice so requires. Janicki Logging Co. v. Mateer,

42 F.3d 561, 566 (9th Cir. 1994).

The Court notes that the defendants in this action have not been served at this time. Plaintiff

may as a matter of course amend his complaint because a responsive pleading has not yet been

served. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a). 

Accordingly, Plaintiff's motion for leave to file a second amended complaint (docket no. 12)

is GRANTED. 

The Clerk of the Court is directed to file the document attached to Plaintiff's motion, which is

labeled "Second Amended Complaint Under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983," and docket

the aforementioned document as Plaintiff's "Second Amended Complaint." The Clerk of Court is

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further directed to mark the Second Amended Complaint as filed on February 28, 2008, the date it

was received by the Court. The Court will review Plaintiff's Second Amended Complaint in a

separate written Order. 

This Order terminates Docket no. 12.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: 3/4/08 _______________________________

SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG

United States District Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CURTIS LEE HENDERSON SR,

Plaintiff,

 v.

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF

CORRECTION et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV07-02838 SBA 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District

Court, Northern District of California.

That on March 6, 2008, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing said

copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by depositing said

envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery receptacle located

in the Clerk's office.

Curtis Lee Henderson H-43488

Corcoran State Prison

P.O. Box 3481

Corcoran, CA 93212

Dated: March 6, 2008

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: LISA R CLARK, Deputy Clerk

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