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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

WAYNE TAYLOR,

Plaintiff,

v.

S. KOUBONG, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:24-cv-1871 TLN CSK P

ORDER

Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding without counsel, with a civil rights action pursuant 

to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the Court is plaintiff’s third motion for a thirty-day 

extension of time to file his third amended complaint. For the following reasons, plaintiff is 

granted fourteen days from the date of this order to file his third amended complaint. 

On November 18, 2024, this Court granted plaintiff’s second request for a thirty-day 

extension of time to file his third amended complaint. (ECF No. 26.) In this order, this Court 

stated that no further extensions of time would be granted. (Id.) The grounds of the pending 

motion for extension of time are essentially the same as the previous motions for extensions of 

time to file the third amended complaint. In the pending motion, plaintiff alleges that he suffers 

from “unabated mental illness due to his continued exacerbation of his pre-existing emotional 

distress...” (ECF No. 28 at 3.) Plaintiff alleges that he continues to experience a “growing 

inability to litigate my claims pro se.” (Id.) This Court observes that plaintiff failed to provide 

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mental health records in support of any of his motions for extensions of time to file the third 

amended complaint. This Court observes, however, that on December 18, 2024, plaintiff was 

able to file a request for a ruling on plaintiff’s objections filed September 30, 2024. (ECF No. 

27.) This Court further observes that on December 18, 2024, plaintiff was able to file a request 

for a ruling on plaintiff’s objections filed September 30, 2024. (ECF No. 27.)

While this Court is sympathetic to plaintiff’s mental illness, the instant action cannot be 

indefinitely delayed. If plaintiff is unable to prosecute this action, he may file a request to 

voluntarily dismiss this action without prejudice. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s third motion for an extension of time to file a third amended complaint (ECF 

No. 28) is denied;

2. Plaintiff is granted fourteen days from the date of this order to file his third amended 

complaint; no further extensions of time to file a third amended complaint will be granted; failure 

to file a third amended complaint within that time will result in a recommendation of dismissal of 

this action. 

Dated: December 30, 2024

Tay1871.36(3)/2

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