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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 

BURCH MICHAEL BOWEN, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

MATTHEW CATE, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:12-cv-1519 MCE AC P 

ORDER 

 By Order filed on June 27, 2013, plaintiff’s limited-appointment counsel was directed to 

show cause within fourteen days why sanctions should not be imposed on him for failure to 

comply with a court order. ECF No. 19. Counsel had been granted sixty days to file a second 

amended complaint but had failed to do so. See Order at ECF No. 17. By his response filed on 

July 11, 2013, plaintiff’s counsel has set forth the circumstances leading to an inadvertent failure 

to file a second amended complaint in a timely manner. The court will find counsel for plaintiff 

has discharged the show cause order and will not impose sanctions at this time. 

Plaintiff’s counsel also seeks an additional thirty days to file an amended complaint which 

the court will grant. Plaintiff pro se’s separate request for appointment of new counsel will be 

denied. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

 1. The order to show cause, ECF No. 19, is discharged and no sanctions will be imposed 

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at this time; 

 2. Plaintiff’s request for a thirty-day extension of time to file a second amended 

complaint (ECF No. 21) is granted, and the second amended complaint shall be filed no later than 

thirty days from the date of this Order; 

 3. Plaintiff’s pro se request for appointment of new counsel (ECF No. 20) is denied. 

DATED: July 16, 2013 

 

 ___________________________________ 

 ALLISON CLAIRE 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

AC:009/kly 

bowe1519.36+ 

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