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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

CHARLES A. EDWARDS,

 Plaintiff,

 vs.

D. SMITH, et al.,

 Defendants.

1:20-cv-01822-GSA-PC

ORDER INFORMING PLAINTIFF 

THAT HE IS NOT PERMITTED TO ADD 

INFORMATION PIECEMEAL TO THE 

FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT 

(ECF No. 12.)

ORDER STRIKING FIRST AMENDED 

COMPLAINT LODGED ON APRIL 13, 

2022

(ECF No. 11.)

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF 

LEAVE TO FILE SECOND AMENDED 

COMPLAINT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS 

I. BACKGROUND

Charles A. Edwards (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma 

pauperis with this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On December 28, 2020, 

Plaintiff filed the Complaint commencing this case. (ECF No. 1.) On March 25, 2022, the Court 

dismissed the Complaint for failure to state a claim, with leave to amend. (ECF No. 9.) On April 

11, 2022, Plaintiff filed the First Amended Complaint. (ECF No. 10.) On April 13, 2022, 

Plaintiff filed a one-page document titled “first amended complaint,” which appears on the 

court’s record as a “Lodged First Amended Prisoner Civil Rights Complaint.” (ECF No. 11.)

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II. LOCAL RULE 220 AND FEDERAL RULE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 15(a) -

AMENDING THE COMPLAINT

Local Rule 220 provides, in part:

Unless prior approval to the contrary is obtained from the Court, every 

pleading to which an amendment or supplement is permitted as a matter of right 

or has been allowed by court order shall be retyped and filed so that it is complete 

in itself without reference to the prior or superseded pleading. No pleading shall 

be deemed amended or supplemented until this Rule has been complied with. All 

changed pleadings shall contain copies of all exhibits referred to in the changed 

pleading.

It appears that Plaintiff seeks to add information to the First Amended Complaint after 

the First Amended Complaint was filed. Plaintiff has submitted a page of allegations apart from 

the First Amended Complaint, filed two days after the First Amended Complaint was filed. 

Under Local Rule 220, Plaintiff may not add additional allegations to the First Amended 

Complaint in this manner. The Court shall therefore strike this one-page document which 

appears on the Court’s record as “Lodged First Amended Prisoner Civil Rights Complaint,” (ECF 

No. 11) as being improperly filed.

To add information or make a correction to the First Amended Complaint, Plaintiff must 

file a new Second Amended Complaint which is complete in itself. The Court shall grant Plaintiff 

leave to file a Second Amended Complaint, if he wishes, within thirty days. If Plaintiff does not 

file a Second Amended Complaint within the thirty-day time period, the Court shall proceed in 

this case with Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint filed on April 11, 2022.

III. CONCLUSION

Based on the foregoing, it is HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff is informed that he is not permitted to add information piecemeal to the 

First Amended Complaint;

2. Plaintiff’s one-page document, on the Court’s record as “Lodged First Amended 

Prisoner Civil Rights Complaint,” (ECF No. 11), is stricken from the record1as 

improperly filed;

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“A document which is ‘stricken’ will not be considered by the Court for any purpose.” 

(First Informational Order, ECF No. 3 at 2:7-8.)

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3. Within 30 days of the date of service of this order, Plaintiff may file a Second 

Amended Complaint, if he wishes;

4. If Plaintiff does not file a Second Amended Complaint within the thirty-day time 

period, the Court shall proceed in this case with Plaintiff’s First Amended 

Complaint filed on April 11, 2022; and

5. The Clerk is directed to send Plaintiff a civil complaint form.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 7, 2022 /s/ Gary S. Austin 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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