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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 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

GUSTAVO ALVAREZ, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:14-cv-1181-KJM-EFB P 

ORDER 

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 

U.S.C. § 1983. He has filed an amended complaint, along with a request for a 120-day extension 

of time. 

Plaintiff timely filed an amended complaint in accordance with the court’s May 7, 2015 

and June 10, 2015 orders. ECF Nos. 9, 15, 16. No other court-imposed deadlines were pending 

when plaintiff requested an extension of time. As there is no deadline to extend, plaintiff’s 

request for an extension of time is denied as unnecessary. However, the court is unable to read 

pages four through ten of the amended complaint, as the ink on those pages is so light that the 

allegations therein cannot be read. Because a substantial portion of the complaint is illegible, the 

court is unable to discern the precise basis for plaintiff’s claim(s). The court (and defendant) 

should be able to read and understand plaintiff’s pleading within minutes. See McHenry v. 

Renne, 84 F.3d 1172, 1177 (9th Cir. 1996). Accordingly, the amended complaint is disregarded, 

and plaintiff will be ordered to submit an amended complaint that can be easily read. 

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. Plaintiff’s request for an extension of time (ECF No. 17) is denied as unnecessary. 

2. Plaintiff’s amended complaint (ECF No. 16) is disregarded. 

3. Plaintiff shall file an amended (and legible) complaint within 30 days from the date 

this order is served. Failure to so comply may result in a recommendation of 

dismissal. 

DATED: August 25, 2015. 

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