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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

WILLIAM STEPHENSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

STEPHANIE CLENDENIN, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 2:22-cv-01521-DAD-JDP (PC)

ORDER 

GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO 

AMEND COMPLAINT AND MOTION 

FOR EXPEDITED RULING

ECF Nos. 25 & 28

Plaintiff, a civil detainee proceeding without counsel, brought this action alleging that 

defendants violated his rights under both the Fourteenth Amendment and California law by 

denying him various rights that are afforded prisoners, parolees, and other patients in the same 

civil detention program. ECF No. 1 at 5-6. I screened and directed service for that complaint on 

January 12, 2023. ECF No. 7. On December 7, 2023, plaintiff moved to amend his complaint. 

ECF No. 25. Defendants have not opposed that motion, and I will grant it. Accordingly, this 

action shall proceed on the complaint attached to the motion at ECF No. 25 at 4-13. The Clerk 

shall be directed to docket this complaint separately. Having screened the new complaint, I 

conclude that it should proceed past screening. In resolving the motion to amend, I grant 

plaintiff’s motion for expedited ruling on his request to amend. ECF No. 28. I will address the 

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other motions pending on the docket by way of a separate order.

Accordingly, it is ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s motion to amend complaint, ECF No. 25, is GRANTED.

2. This action shall proceed on the amended complaint contained at ECF No. 25, pages 

4-13. The Clerk of Court is directed to docket those pages as a separate entry titled 

“First Amended Complaint.”

3. Plaintiff’s motion for expedited ruling on his motion to amend, ECF No. 28, is 

GRANTED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 11, 2024 

JEREMY D. PETERSON

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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