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Parties Involved:
Ben Curry
Defendant
David Rucker
Plaintiff

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DAVID RUCKER, et al.,

Plaintiff,

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BEN CURRY,

Defendant. _________________________________

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No. C 08-1497 JSW (PR)

ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITH

LEAVE TO AMEND

Plaintiffs, seven California prisoners, filed this pro se civil rights complaint under

42 U.S.C § 1983. One Plaintiff, David Rucker, has filed a motion to proceed in forma

pauperis, which is GRANTED in a separate order. This Court now reviews the

Complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A and DISMISSES the case with leave to

amend. 

As Plaintiffs are prisoners proceeding pro se, they must proceed in separate cases. 

Plaintiffs have limited access to one another, have individual facts pertaining to their

claims, and as they are not lawyers they cannot represent each other. These obstacles

have already produced one procedural problem, namely that only one of the seven

Plaintiffs have filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis. Basic case

management principles of delay reduction and avoidance of confusion call for the

Plaintiffs’ claims to proceed separately. Accordingly, Plaintiffs Thibeault, Moreno, Alls,

Littleton, Comaux, and S. Kelly are DISMISSED as Plaintiff from this action without

prejudice to their filing individual complaints in new cases which each of them is the

only Plaintiff. 

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Plaintiff Rucker, the first named Plaintiff and the only Plaintiff to have filed an in

forma pauperis application may proceed in this action. However, he must first file an

amended complaint containing allegations pertaining to himself only. The current

complaint containing allegations pertaining to seven Plaintiffs is DISMISSED with leave

to amend. Plaintiff Rucker may file an amended complaint within thirty days from the

date this order is filed. The amended complaint must be simple and concise and must

include the civil case number used in this order (C 08-1497 JSW (PR)) and the words

FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT on the first page. 

Failure to file an amended complaint in accordance with this order will result

in the dismissal of this action without prejudice. Plaintiff is advised that the

amended complaint will supersede the original complaint and all other pleadings in

this action. Claims and Defendants not included in the amended complaint will not

be considered by the Court. See King v Atiyeh, 814 F2d 565, 567 (9th Cir 1987).

It is Plaintiff's responsibility to prosecute this case. Plaintiff must keep the Court

informed of any change of address and must comply with the Court's orders in a timely

fashion by filing a separate paper captioned “Notice of Change of Address.” Failure to

do so may result in the dismissal of this action under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure

41(b).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: May 8, 2008

 

JEFFREY S. WHITE

United States District Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DAVID RUCKER,

Plaintiff,

 v.

BEN CURRY et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV08-01497 JSW 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District

Court, Northern District of California.

That on May 8, 2008, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing said

copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by depositing

said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery

receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

David Rucker

P29892

P.O. Box 689

Soledad, CA 93960

Dated: May 8, 2008

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: Jennifer Ottolini, Deputy Clerk

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