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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

DOUGLAS L. DAWKINS, 

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-02-2038 LKK KJM P

vs.

J.M. PETERSON, et al., 

Defendants. ORDER

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Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with this civil

rights action seeking relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 

On March 14, 2005, plaintiff filed a motion for leave to amend his complaint to

add a claim for monetary damages. Plaintiff’s motion was not, however, accompanied by a

proposed amended complaint. As a litigant proceeding in forma pauperis, plaintiff’s pleadings

are subject to evaluation by this court pursuant to the in forma pauperis statute. See 28 U.S.C.

§ 1915. Because plaintiff did not submit a proposed amended complaint, the court is unable to

evaluate it. Plaintiff’s motion for leave to amend must therefore be denied.

On April 4, 2005, the district court filed an order adopting the findings and

recommendations and granting defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s Fifth Amendment claim

but denying the motion in all other respects. Defendants have not yet answered the complaint. 

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Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED: 

1. Plaintiff’s March 14, 2005 motion for leave to amend his complaint is denied

without prejudice. 

2. Within twenty days of the date of this order defendants shall file their answer

to plaintiff’s amended complaint. 

DATED: May 2, 2005.

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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