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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Bivens Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DONTE ROLANDO HARRIS,

Plaintiff,

v.

H. A. RIOS, et al.,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 1:09-cv-00781-MJS PC

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTIONS

FOR LEAVE TO FILE AN 

AMENDED COMPLAINT 

(Docs. 23, 26)

AMENDED COMPLAINT DUE IN THIRTY

DAYS

Plaintiff, an inmate in the custody of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons at the U.S. Penitentiary at

Atwater, is proceeding in this civil action against defendant correctional officials employed by the

Bureau of Prisons at Atwater. Pending before the court are Plaintiff’s motions to supplement the

complaint.

Plaintiff seeks to supplement the complaint to include allegations of conduct that occurred

in 2007 and 2008. The complaint in this action sets forth allegations of conduct that occurred as late

as March of 2009. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(d) provides that a court may permit a party

to supplement his pleading, “setting out any transaction, occurrence, or event that happened after the

date of the pleading to be supplemented.” The proposed supplementation concerns occurrences that

happened within the time frame of the complaint.

Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a), Plaintiff may amend his complaint once,

as a matter of course, so long as a responsive pleading has not been filed. There has been no service

of process and no defendant has entered an appearance. The Court will therefore deny plaintiff’s

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motion for leave to supplement the complaint, but will grant plaintiff leave to file an amended

complaint pursuant to Rule 15(a).

Plaintiff is advised that the amended complaintshould be brief, Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a), but must

state what each named defendant did that led to the deprivation of Plaintiff’s constitutional or other

federal rights, Hydrick, 500 F.3d at 987-88. Although accepted as true, the “[f]actual allegations

must be [sufficient] to raise a right to relief above the speculative level . . . .” Bell Atlantic Corp.

v. Twombly, 127 S.Ct. 1955, 1965 (2007) (citations omitted). 

 Finally, plaintiff is advised that an amended complaint supercedes the original complaint,

Forsyth v. Humana, Inc., 114 F.3d 1467, 1474 (9th Cir. 1997); King v. Atiyeh, 814 F.2d 565, 567

(9th Cir. 1987), and must be “complete in itself without reference to the prior or superceded

pleading,” Local Rule 220. Plaintiff is warned that “[a]ll causes of action alleged in an original

complaint which are not alleged in an amended complaint are waived.” King, 814 F.2d at 567 (citing

to London v. Coopers & Lybrand, 644 F.2d 811, 814 (9th Cir. 1981)); accord Forsyth, 114 F.3d at

1474.

Accordingly, based on the foregoing, it is HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s motions for leave to file a supplemental complaint are denied;

2. Plaintiff is granted leave to file an amended complaint pursuant to Federal Rule of

Civil Procedure 15(a);

3. The Clerk’s Office shall send to plaintiff a complaint form;

4. Within thirty (30) days from the date of service of this order, plaintiff shall file an

amended complaint; 

5. Plaintiff may not add any new, unrelated claims to this action via his amended

complaint and any attempt to do so will result in an order striking the amended

complaint. 

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6. If Plaintiff fails to file an amended complaint, the Court will screen the original

complaint. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 27, 2010 /s/Michael J. Seng 

ci4d6 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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