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Parties Involved:
Barnett
Defendant
Guillermo Chavez
Plaintiff
Granadoz
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GUILLERMO CHAVEZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

GRANADOZ,

Defendant.

No. 2:11-cv-1015 WBS CKD P

ORDER

Plaintiff has filed a motion for leave to file an amended complaint so that he may 

substitute the name M. Barnett for John Doe 1. Defendant Granadoz does not object. Good 

cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s motion for leave to file an amended complaint (ECF NO. 43) is granted. 

Within 30 days, plaintiff may amend his original complaint by substituting the name M. Barnett 

for John Doe 1. Plaintiff’s failure to file an amended complaint will result in dismissal of this 

action. After plaintiff’s amended complaint is filed, the court will screen it pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 

§ 1915A(a). The amended complaint must bear the docket number assigned this case and must be 

labeled “Amended Complaint.”1

 

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 Plaintiff is informed that the court cannot refer to a prior pleading in order to make plaintiff’s 

amended complaint complete. Local Rule 220 requires that an amended complaint be complete 

in itself without reference to any prior pleading. This is because, as a general rule, an amended 

complaint supersedes the original complaint. See Loux v. Rhay, 375 F.2d 55, 57 (9th Cir. 1967). 

Once plaintiff files an amended complaint, the original pleading no longer serves any function in 

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2. Plaintiff’s original complaint is dismissed.

 3. All discovery deadlines concerning plaintiff’s claims against defendant Granadoz 

remain in effect. Plaintiff will be permitted time to conduct discovery with respect to any claims 

against defendant Barnett which survive the screening process.

Dated: September 26, 2013

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the case. Therefore, in an amended complaint, as in an original complaint, each claim and the 

involvement of each defendant must be sufficiently alleged. 

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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