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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 

MICHAEL ALAN HILL, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

JEFF LEIKAUF, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:23-cv-1593 AC P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding without an attorney, seeks relief pursuant to 42 

U.S.C. § 1983. By order filed October 7, 2024, plaintiff’s complaint was screened, and he was 

given the option of amending the complaint or proceeding immediately on cognizable claims 

only. ECF No. 23. Plaintiff has now notified the court that he would like to amend the 

complaint. ECF No. 26 at 10. The court will grant plaintiff thirty days to file an amended 

complaint.1

 

In amending the complaint, plaintiff should use the prisoner complaint form used in this 

district. The court reminds plaintiff that he should refer to the court’s screening order for the 

legal standards governing amended complaints and comply with those requirements. ECF. No. 

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 The court acknowledges that plaintiff filed a letter that appears to indicate how he plans to 

amend his complaint. ECF No. 26 at 1-9. He also filed witness affidavits and notes regarding the 

witness affidavits. ECF No. 27. Neither one of these filings is a proper complaint because it is 

not a single pleading clearly identifying each defendant, claim, and relief sought. 

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23 at 4. Additionally, to the extent the legal standards governing claims for relief are relevant, 

see id. at 8-10, Attachment A, on amendment, plaintiff should allege facts establishing those 

standards and not merely make vague and conclusory allegations that those standards have been 

or will be met. 

 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

 1. Plaintiff shall have thirty days from the service of this order to file an amended 

complaint as outlined in the October 7, 2024, screening order. If plaintiff fails to file an amended 

complaint, the case will proceed on the original complaint, as screened, and it will be 

recommended that the claims against Dr. McMann, Leikauf, Wellpath, Health, Inc., and El 

Dorado County Jail-SLT be dismissed without prejudice. 

 2. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send plaintiff a copy of the prisoner complaint 

form used in this district. 

DATED: December 27, 2024 

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