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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

JOHN E. MITCHELL,

Plaintiff,

v.

J. BEARD, et al., 

Defendants.

Case No. 1:15-cv-01512 DLB PC

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S 

MOTION TO FILE FIRST AMENDED 

COMPLAINT

[ECF No. 12]

Plaintiff John E. Mitchell, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed 

this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on October 5, 2015.

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On December 24, 2015, Plaintiff filed a motion to amend the complaint. Rule 15(a)(1) of 

the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provides that Plaintiff may amend his pleading once as a 

matter of course within 21 days of serving it or 21 days after service of a responsive pleading. In 

this case, Defendants have not yet filed a responsive pleading. Therefore, Plaintiff may amend 

as matter of course. 

ORDER

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff’s motion for leave to file a First 

Amended Complaint is GRANTED, and Plaintiff is GRANTED thirty (30) days from the date of 

 

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Plaintiff consented to the jurisdiction of the Magistrate Judge on October 16, 2015.

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service of this Order to file the First Amended Complaint.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 7, 2016 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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