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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 

ROGER WILKERSON, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

JEFFREY BEARD, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:13-cv-1518 LKK KJN P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action. By order filed 

January 27, 2014 (ECF No. 16), this action was dismissed without prejudice due to plaintiff’s 

failure to timely file an amended complaint. On January 30, 2014, plaintiff filed a notice of 

appeal and an amended complaint. (ECF Nos. 19, 22.) By order issued February 3, 2014, the 

undersigned found that plaintiff should be entitled to continue proceeding in forma pauperis on 

appeal, but noted that “but for the filing of plaintiff’s appeal depriving this court of jurisdiction, 

the undersigned was inclined to vacate the judgment.” (ECF No. 23 at 2.) The court further 

found that if plaintiff were to withdraw his appeal, the court would be “inclined to vacate the 

judgment and remand the action to the magistrate judge to screen the amended complaint.” (ECF 

No. 23 at 2 n.2.) On June 19, 2014, plaintiff filed a letter indicating he wished to dismiss the 

appeal so that his action could proceed in the district court. On July 29, 2014, the Court of 

Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a limited remand order for reconsideration of the judgment 

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entered herein. 

 Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

 1. The January 27, 2014 order and judgment (ECF Nos. 16, 17) are vacated; 

 2. This action is remanded to the assigned magistrate judge for screening of the first 

amended complaint; and 

 3. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send a copy of the instant order to the Court of 

Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. 

 DATED: August 27, 2014. 

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