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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DANNY M. COSTON,

Plaintiff,

v.

J.K. YU, et al.,

Defendants.

CASE NO. 1:14-cv-00148-AWI-MJS

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S 

MOTION TO STRIKE

(ECF NO. 28)

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

rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (ECF Nos. 1 & 8.) The matter 

proceeds on Plaintiff’s May 14, 2015, Second Amended Complaint, which was screened 

on May 22, 2015, and found to state an Eighth Amendment medical indifference claim 

against Defendant Dr. J.K. Yu. (See ECF Nos. 16, 18.) A Discovery and Scheduling 

Order then issued, setting the discovery deadline for December 19, 2016, and the 

dispositive motion deadline for February 27, 2017. (ECF No. 23.)

On October 19, 2016, Plaintiff lodged a Third Amended Complaint (“TAC”) 

accusing several individuals of violating his constitutional rights; he did not submit a 

motion with this amended complaint. (ECF No. 27.) Defendant now moves to strike the

TAC. (ECF No. 28.) Plaintiff has not filed an opposition.

Since Plaintiff previously amended his complaint, he was required to seek written 

consent of Defendant or leave of the Court prior to amending his pleading. Fed. R. Civ.

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P. 15(a); E.D. Cal. Local Rules 137(c) and 220; Sapiro v. Encompass Inc., 221 F.R.D. 

513, 517 (N.D. Cal. 2004). Plaintiff did neither. Although leave to amend should be freely 

given when justice so requires, a court has discretion to strike an amended pleading that 

does not comply with Rule 15(a). Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(f)(1); Vasquez v. Johnson County 

Housing Coalition Inc., 2003 WL 21479186 at *1 (D. Kan. 2003)). 

Accordingly, it is HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Defendant’s motion to strike (ECF No. 28) is GRANTED; and 

2. Plaintiff’s TAC (ECF No. 27) is STRICKEN.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 16, 2016 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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