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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 

MATTHEW DENNIS, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

SCOTT KERNAN, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:16-cv-0542 JAM AC P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with a Second 

Amended Complaint (SAC) in this civil rights action. See ECF No. 21. By order filed July 12, 

2018, the court deferred screening the SAC pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A until plaintiff 

submitted his referenced exhibits. See ECF No. 26. On August 8, 2018, plaintiff submitted his 

exhibits (totaling 848 pages), and informed the court that these are his originals as he had been 

unable to make copies. See ECF No. 29. Plaintiff requests that this court return the “sole copy” 

of his exhibits “in case I need to further litigate or appeal.” Id. at 1. 

 Plaintiff’s exhibits are now available online through the court’s Case Management/ 

Electronic Case Files (CM/ECF) system. The court will direct the Clerk of Court to appropriately 

designate the exhibits and to electronically file the combined pleading as the “Operative Second 

Amended Complaint and Exhibits.” See ECF No. 26 at 3. Additionally, the court will direct the 

Clerk to return the original exhibits to plaintiff. 

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 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

 1. The Clerk of Court shall designate the exhibits submitted by plaintiff on August 8, 

2018 (ECF No. 29), as exhibits in support of plaintiff’s Second Amended Complaint (ECF No. 

21), and shall electronically file the combined pleading as a new docket entry entitled “Operative 

Second Amended Complaint and Exhibits.” 

 2. The Clerk of Court shall return to plaintiff the original copy of his exhibits submitted 

August 8, 2018 (ECF No. 29), and indicate the return on the docket. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: August 22, 2018 

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