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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES R. BRISCOE, III,

Plaintiff,

v.

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT

OF CORRECTIONS, et al.,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 1:07-cv-00320-AWI-SMS PC

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR

EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE SECOND

AMENDED COMPLAINT

(Doc. 24)

SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT DUE ON

OR BEFORE OCTOBER 15, 2007

Plaintiff James R. Briscoe, III (“plaintiff”) is a prisoner proceeding in forma pauperis in this

civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On June 27, 2007, the Court issued a Findings and

Recommendations recommending dismissal of certain claims and recommending leave be granted

to file a second amended complaint as to plaintiff’s conditions of confinement claim only. After

obtaining an extension of time to file an Objection, plaintiff retained counsel and is now seeking a

second extension of time to file an Objection and to amend.

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“complete in itself without reference to the prior or superceded pleading,” Local Rule 15-220. In

light of the fact that plaintiff now has counsel, the Court will grant leave to file a second amended

complaint at this time. Once the second amended complaint is filed, the first amended complaint

is superceded, rendering the Findings and Recommendations moot. For this reason, plaintiff shall

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not be granted an extension of time to file an Objection and any Objection filed with the second

amended complaint will not be considered by the Court.

Accordingly, plaintiff’s motion for an extension of time to file a second amended complaint,

filed September 12, 2007, is GRANTED, and plaintiff shall file a second amended complaint on or

before October 15, 2007. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 13, 2007 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

i0d3h8 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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