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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

KEVIN E. FIELDS,

Plaintiff,

v.

JEFFREY BEARD, et al., 

Defendants.

Case No. 1:15-cv-00666 AWI DLB PC

ORDER DISREGARDING PLAINTIFF’S 

MOTION FOR PERMISSION TO AMEND 

COMPLAINT 

[ECF No. 15]

Plaintiff Kevin E. Fields, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed 

this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on November 5, 2014. The matter was 

referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local 

Rule 302. The complaint is currently pending screening by the Court.

On June 4, 2015, Plaintiff filed a motion requesting permission to file an amended

complaint. Rule 15(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provides that a party may amend 

its pleading once as a matter of course within 21 days after serving it, or if the pleading is one to 

which a responsive pleading is required, 21 days after service of a responsive pleading or 21 

days after service of a motion under Rule 12(b), (e), or (f). In this case, the complaint has not yet 

been screened and served on Defendants. Per Rules 15(a), Plaintiff may amend once as a matter 

of course; leave of court is not necessary.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff’s motion for permission to amend 

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is DISREGARDED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 9, 2015 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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