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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WILLIAM COLBERT, an individual,

Plaintiff,

v.

CITY OF MERCED, B.P. AMERICA, 

INC., ET. AL.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:19-cv-01294-JLT-HBK

ORDER VACATING ORDER (Doc. No. 40) 

AND DIRECTING PLAINTIFF TO FILE 

AMENDED COMPLAINT AND PROVDIE 

PROOF OF SERVICE 

This matter comes before the Court upon review of Defendant City of Merced’s Notice 

and Request for Proofs of Service filed March 7, 2023. (Doc. No. 41). Upon review of the 

docket, after granting a stay of this action (Doc. No. 9), the former assigned magistrate judge 

granted the parties stipulated request to permit Plaintiff leave to amend the complaint to 

“substitute BP America, Inc. for Spa Petroleum”

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on September 18, 2020. (Doc. Nos. 13, 14). 

As of the date on this Order, Plaintiff has not filed an amended complaint to correct the named 

defendant.

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 Further, Plaintiff has filed no proofs of service of either the complaint or the yet to 

filed amended complaint with the Court. (See Doc. No. 6, wherein Plaintiff states he “will file 

executed summons by January 17, 2020). 

1 The Complaint names BP America, Inc. as the Defendant. (Doc. No. 1 at 4, ¶ 15). The Court presumes the 

stipulated request contained a scrivener’s error and Plaintiff intended to substitute Spa Petroleum for the BP America,

Inc.

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Accordingly, it is ORDERED:

1. The Court VACATES its March 4, 2023 Order (Doc. No. 40) in all respects except as 

to the lifting of the stay of this action; 

2. Plaintiff shall file an amended complaint no later than March 17, 2023 and effectuate 

and/or file proofs of service no later than April 7, 2023.

3. Defendants shall file a response to the amended complaint within twenty-one (21) 

days after service. 

4. The Court will reschedule the Mandatory Scheduling Conference by separate order.

Dated: March 9, 2023 

HELENA M. BARCH-KUCHTA

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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