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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

ADRIAN JUAN LLOYD,

Plaintiff,

v.

D. CASTILLO, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No.: 1:20-cv-00683-JLT-CDB (PC)

ORDER REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S 

FILING OF APRIL 17, 2024

(Doc. 67)

Plaintiff Adrian Juan Lloyd is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights 

action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 

I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Following screening, this action proceeds on Plaintiff’s First Amendment claims and 

RLUIPA claims against Defendants Castillo, Anderson and Howard.

Following service of Plaintiff’s second amended complaint, Defendants filed a motion to 

dismiss on March 11, 2024. (Doc. 61.) 

Thereafter, Plaintiff filed a document titled “Request to Amend Complaint, Request for 

Civil Complaint Form” on March 20, 2024. (Doc. 62.) On April 2, 2024, Plaintiff filed a Motion 

for Leave to Amend. (Doc. 63.) 

On April 5, 2024, this Court issued its Order Granting Plaintiff’s Requests to File an 

Amended Complaint and Order Denying Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss as Moot. (Doc. 64.) 

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On April 12, 2024, Plaintiff filed a “Notice to the Court in re Amended Complaint” (Doc. 

65) and a complaint titled “First Amended, After Motion to Dismiss” (Doc. 66); the latter was 

docketed as a third amended complaint. 

On April 17, 2024, Plaintiff filed “Plaintiff’s Response to Court 4-5-2024 Action.” (Doc. 

67.) 

II. DISCUSSION

In his April 17, 2024, filing, signed and dated April 11, 2024, Plaintiff states he “just 

received” the Court’s April 5, 2024, order. (Doc. 67.) Plaintiff indicates that on April 9, 2024, he 

mailed a “’First Amended Complaint After Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss and Motion to 

Sever.’” (Id.) He asks whether the fact he did not mark the amended complaint as a third amended 

complaint is “an issue that has to be corrected,” and indicates that if so, he needs the Court to 

send him a copy of “the April 6, 2024 dated complaint” so he can “correct the wording.” (Id.) 

Plaintiff additionally states he “will also need a copy of the 4-6-24 complaint due to the fact he 

has none of the supporting documents that are attached to it that will be needed if this court 

doesn’t accept the 4-6-24 3rd amended complaint.” (Id.) 

As noted above, Plaintiff’s amended complaint filed with the Court on April 12, 2024, 

was docketed by the Clerk of the Court as a “Third Amended Complaint.” (See Doc. 66.) No 

correction by Plaintiff is necessary. Moreover, because no correction is needed, the Court need 

not provide a copy of that document and its attachments to Plaintiff. 

Plaintiff is reminded that the First Informational Order In Prisoner/Civil Detainee Civil 

Rights Case, issued in this action on May 15, 2020, states “parties should never send original 

exhibits to the Court” because the “Clerk will scan paper documents into the electronic court file 

and then discard the paper copy.” (Doc.5 at 2.) Further, that same order advised that the “Court 

will not make copies of file documents or provide postage or envelopes for free even for parties 

proceeding in forma pauperis” and that “a pro se plaintiff need not attach exhibits to his 

complaint to prove the truth of what is said in the complaint” because for “screening purposes, 

facts stated in the complaints are accepted as true.” (Id. at 3.) 

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Finally, Plaintiff is advised his third amended complaint will be screened in due course. 

28 U.S.C. § 1915A. 

III. CONCLUSION 

For the reasons stated above, Plaintiff need not take any further action concerning his 

amended complaint. The amended complaint filed with the Court on April 12, 2024, is properly 

designated Plaintiff’s Third Amended Complaint. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 18, 2024 ___________________ _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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