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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

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STEPHEN JEROME WILLIAMS,

Plaintiff,

CASE NO. 09cv1957-MMA (RBB)

vs. ORDER RE: INFORMAL REQUEST

FOR STATUS UPDATE

[Doc. No. 43]

LARRY SMALL, et al.,

Defendant.

On January 1, 2011, Plaintiff Stephen Jerome Williams, a state inmate currently incarcerated

at Calipatria State Prison, located in Calipatria, California, proceeding pro se, submitted a motion

for reconsideration pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7.1(i) and for leave to file an amended complaint

pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a). See Doc. No. 41. Plaintiff requested the Court

reconsider its November 3, 2010 order granting Defendants’ motion to dismiss and allow leave to

amend those claims for relief previously dismissed with prejudice and without leave to amend. For

the reasons stated in the Court’s February 14, 2011 Order, the Court granted in part and denied in

part Plaintiff’s motion for reconsideration. See Doc. No. 42. Because the Court granted Plaintiff

further leave to amend, the Court declined to accept his proposed third amended complaint for filing

and instead allowed Plaintiff an additional thirty (30) days in which to file a third amended

complaint that complied with the terms and conditions stated in the Court’s February 14, 2011

Order. 

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To date, Plaintiff has not filed a third amended complaint. On August 11, 2011, Plaintiff

submitted an informal request for a status update on his motion for reconsideration. See Doc. No.

43. According to Plaintiff, he “is unaware of the status of the pending Application and Motion, and

as a California State Prisoner proceeding pro se, I am unable to call the Court, or log on to the

Court’s website to check on the status of the Application and Motion.” Plaintiff goes on to state that

he is “concerned whether the Court has in fact received the aforementioned Application and

Motion” because “there have been instances in the past where prison staff have either lost of failed

to process an inmate’s legal mail . . .” 

Based on Plaintiff’s submission, and because his current mailing address is slightly different

from the address on record in February, the Court concludes that it is indeed likely that Plaintiff did

not receive his courtesy copy via U.S. mail of the Court’s February 14, 2011 Order. The Court

therefore instructs the Clerk of Court to attach a copy of the Order [Doc. No. 42] hereto, and mail

both documents to Plaintiff at his corrected address, which has been updated on the docket of the

case. 

Furthermore, the Court grants Plaintiff an additional thirty (30) days from the date this

Order is filed in which to submit a third amended complaint that complies with the terms and

conditions stated in the Court’s February 14, 2011 Order. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: August 23, 2011

Hon. Michael M. Anello

United States District Judge

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