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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 

THERON KENNETH HOLSTON, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

DEBBIE MASSETTI, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:23-cv-0017 AC P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff, a county prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 

U.S.C. § 1983, has filed a motion for instruction regarding joinder of claims. ECF No. 54. In his 

motion, plaintiff asks the court to provide him with legal advice related to amending the 

complaint to add medical malpractice claims against defendants. Id. He also requests that the 

court order defendants to answer various questions he has regarding defendants’ employer and 

California Forensic Medical Group’s interest in this case. Id. at 2-3. 

 With regard to plaintiff’s request for instruction regarding the viability of his state tort 

claims, the court is unable to provide plaintiff with legal advice, and the request will be denied. 

Because the time for amending the complaint as a matter of course has passed, see Fed. R. Civ. P. 

15(a)(1), if plaintiff wishes to amend the complaint, he must file a motion to amend that is 

accompanied by a copy of the proposed amended complaint. 

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Plaintiff’s request for an order directing defendants to provide him more information 

regarding who they are employed by and California Forensic Medical Group’s interest in this 

case will also be denied. The information plaintiff seeks is properly sought though discovery. In 

the event defendants’ pending motion to dismiss is denied, a discovery and scheduling order will 

issue after defendants answer the complaint and plaintiff will be able to request discovery from 

defendants at that time. 

 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s motion for instruction (ECF No. 

54) is DENIED. 

DATED: May 24, 2024 

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