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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BRADLEY M. HIXON, No. CIV S-06-2030-MCE-CMK-P

Plaintiff, 

vs. ORDER

MCSP ADMINISTRATION 

OFFICE, et al.,

Defendants.

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Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in form pauperis, brings this civil

rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On June 27, 2007, plaintiff submitted a second

amended complaint (Doc. 26).

 The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provide that a party may amend his or her

pleading “. . . once as a matter of course at any time before a responsive pleading is served.”

Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a). Once a responsive pleading is filed, a party’s pleadings may only be

amended upon leave of court or stipulation of all the parties. See id. A motion to dismiss

pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) is not a responsive pleading. See Breier v. Northern Cal. Bowling

Proprietors’ Ass’n, 316 F.2d 787, 789 (9th Cir. 1963). 

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Because plaintiff has already filed an amended complaint (Doc. 9), plaintiff may

not amend the complaint unless leave of court to do so is first given. Plaintiff has filed neither a

motion to amend nor a stipulation to amend the complaint signed by all parties. Plaintiff’s

amended complaint will, therefore, be stricken, and this action will proceed on the existing

pleadings. To the extent plaintiff had filed a motion for leave to amend, the court would have

denied that motion because it appears plaintiff is attempting to submit evidence which can be

accomplished by other means. 

The motion to dismiss (Doc. 20) will be addressed separately. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s second amended

complaint (Doc. 26), submitted on June 27, 2007, is stricken. 

DATED: August 24, 2007.

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CRAIG M. KELLISON

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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