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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 

Aaron Dwayne Kelly, 

Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

Director Charles Ryan, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. CV 14-0241-PHX-SMM (LOA) 

 O R D E R 

On February 7, 2014, while confined in the Arizona State Prison Complex-Eyman, 

Plaintiff Aaron Dwayne Kelly filed a pro se civil rights Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 

§ 1983 and an Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis. In a February 18, 2014 Order, 

the Court denied the deficient Application to Proceed and gave Plaintiff 30 days to either 

pay the filing and administrative fees or file a complete Application to Proceed In Forma 

Pauperis. 

On March 11, 2014, Plaintiff filed a second Application to Proceed In Forma 

Pauperis and a First Amended Complaint. In a March 20, 2014 Order, the Court granted 

the second Application to Proceed and dismissed the First Amended Complaint because 

Plaintiff had failed to state a claim. The Court gave Plaintiff 30 days to file a second 

amended complaint that cured the deficiencies identified in the Order. 

 On March 27, 2014, Plaintiff filed a “Motion to Request Copies of All Medical 

Files to Work my Case Interrog[a]tories etc.” On April 3, 2014, he filed a Second 

Amended Complaint. In a May 5, 2014 Order, the Court dismissed the Second Amended 

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Complaint because Plaintiff had failed to state a claim and denied as premature the 

Motion to Request Copies. The Court gave Plaintiff 30 days to file a third amended 

complaint that cured the deficiencies identified in the Order. 

On May 9, 2014, Plaintiff filed a notice of change of address, providing the Court 

with a new address to be used when he was released from prison on June 25, 2014. On 

June 18, 2014, Plaintiff filed a “Request for a 30 Day Extension” (Doc. 18). 

I. Pending Motion

 In his “Request for a 30 Day Extension,” Plaintiff states that he has received 

“additional proof that the medical was in fact in the wrong” and that he has not had “the 

time or material to complete further actions on [his] end.” Plaintiff has attached to his 

Request an Inmate Grievance form, an Inmate Grievance Appeal form, and a Medical 

Grievance Appeal decision that grants Plaintiff’s medical grievance appeal. Plaintiff 

requests a thirty-day extension of time to comply with the May 5 Order, requests that the 

Court “view the documents, and requests that the Court send Plaintiff copies of the 

proper forms if he “need[s] to file anything further.” 

The Court, in its discretion, will grant Plaintiff’s Request and will give him an 

additional 30 days to file a third amended complaint that cures the deficiencies identified 

in the May 5 Order.1

 In addition, the Court will direct the Clerk of Court to send Plaintiff 

another copy of the court-approved form for filing a civil rights complaint by a prisoner. 

II. Warnings

A. Address Changes

 Plaintiff must file and serve a notice of a change of address in accordance with 

Rule 83.3(d) of the Local Rules of Civil Procedure. Plaintiff must not include a motion 

for other relief with a notice of change of address. Failure to comply may result in 

dismissal of this action. 

 

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 The Court dismissed the Second Amended Complaint because Plaintiff had failed to state a claim and gave Plaintiff leave to file a third amended complaint that does 

state a claim. Thus, Plaintiff must file a third amended complaint that states a constitutional claim; he cannot simply rely on the submitted paperwork. 

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B. Copies

 Plaintiff must submit an additional copy of every filing for use by the Court. See

LRCiv 5.4. Failure to comply may result in the filing being stricken without further 

notice to Plaintiff. 

C. Possible “Strike”

 Because the Second Amended Complaint has been dismissed for failure to state a 

claim, if Plaintiff fails to file a third amended complaint correcting the deficiencies 

identified in the May 5 Order, the dismissal may count as a “strike” under the “3-strikes” 

provision of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). Under the 3-strikes provision, a prisoner may not bring 

a civil action or appeal a civil judgment in forma pauperis under 28 U.S.C. § 1915 “if the 

prisoner has, on 3 or more prior occasions, while incarcerated or detained in any facility, 

brought an action or appeal in a court of the United States that was dismissed on the 

grounds that it is frivolous, malicious, or fails to state a claim upon which relief may be 

granted, unless the prisoner is under imminent danger of serious physical injury.” 28 

U.S.C. § 1915(g). 

D. Possible Dismissal

 If Plaintiff fails to timely comply with every provision of the May 5 Order and this 

Order, including these warnings, the Court may dismiss this action without further notice. 

See Ferdik v. Bonzelet, 963 F.2d 1258, 1260-61 (9th Cir. 1992) (a district court may 

dismiss an action for failure to comply with any order of the Court). 

IT IS ORDERED: 

(1) Plaintiff’s “Request for a 30 Day Extension” (Doc. 18) is granted. 

Plaintiff has 30 days from the date this Order is filed to file a third amended complaint in 

compliance with the May 5, 2014 Order and this Order. 

 (2) If Plaintiff fails to file a third amended complaint within 30 days, the Clerk 

of Court must, without further notice, enter a judgment of dismissal of this action with 

prejudice that states that the dismissal may count as a “strike” under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). 

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(3) The Clerk of Court must mail Plaintiff a court-approved form for filing a 

civil rights complaint by a prisoner. 

 DATED this 31st day of July, 2014. 

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