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Parties Involved:
James Jamil Garrett
Plaintiff
Ngozi Igbinosa
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES JAMIL GARRETT,

Plaintiff,

v.

DR. NGOZI IGBINOSA,

Defendant.

CASE No. 1:16-cv-00259-MJS (PC)

ORDER DIRECTING PLAINTIFF TO FILE 

A SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT 

THIRTY-DAY DEADLINE

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil 

rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He has consented to Magistrate 

Judge jurisdiction. (ECF No. 5.) No other parties have appeared in the action.

On October 12, 2016, Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint was screened and 

found to state a First Amendment retaliation claim and an Eighth Amendment medical 

indifference claim against Defendant Dr. Ngozi Igninosa. (ECF No. 15.) Plaintiff’s 

remaining claims were found insufficient to proceed to service. Plaintiff was thus directed 

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to file either a Second Amended Complaint or a notice of his willingness to proceed on 

the First Amended Complaint as screened.

Plaintiff has now filed a notice of his intent to file an amended pleading, claiming 

that he can correct the defects identified in the October 12, 2016, Screening Order. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff shall file a Second Amended Complaint within thirty days from the 

date of this Order. 

2. If Plaintiff fails to comply with this order, the undersigned will dismiss this 

action for failure to obey a court order and failure to prosecute.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 23, 2016 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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