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Parties Involved:
R. Gonzales
Defendant
Jamar R. Hearns
Plaintiff
Olsen
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMAR R. HEARNS,

Plaintiff,

v.

R. GONZALES, et al.,

Defendants.

CASE NO. 1:14-cv-01177-DAD-MJS (PC)

ORDER (1) VACATING FINDINGS AND 

RECOMMENDATIONS GRANTING 

PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO AMEND (ECF 

No. 25.); (2) DEEMING THIRD AMENDED 

COMPLAINT (ECF No. 19) AMENDED TO 

SUBSTITUTE CORRECTIONAL 

SERGEANT OLSEN IN PLACE OF DOE 1 

AS DEFENDANT; AND (3) DIRECTING 

CLERK’S OFFICE TO AMEND COURT 

RECORDS TO REFLECT SUBSTITUTION

I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Plaintiff, a state prisoner incarcerated at Valley State Prison (“VSP”), initiated this 

action, pro se, on June 2, 2014, in Madera County Superior Court. (Notice of Removal, 

ECF No. 2, Ex. A.) Defendant Gonzales removed the matter to this Court on July 25, 

2014, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a), based upon the Court’s original jurisdiction under 

28 U.S.C. § 1331. 

The Court screened Plaintiff’s Complaint, First Amended Complaint, Second 

Amended, and Third Amended Complaint. (ECF Nos. 7, 10, 18, 20.) On August 5, 

2015, the Court issued Findings and Recommendations to allow Plaintiff to proceed on 

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his retaliation, Equal Protection, and state law conversion claims against Defendants 

Gonzales and Doe 1. (ECF No. 20.) Plaintiff then moved to amend his Third Amended 

Complaint to identify Defendant Doe 1 as Correctional Sergeant Olsen. (ECF No. 23.) 

On September 29, 2015, the Court issued Findings and Recommendations to grant 

Plaintiff’s motion to amend his Third Amended Complaint and to vacate the August 5, 

2015 Findings and Recommendations. (ECF No. 25.)

II. MOTION TO AMEND TO SUBSTITUTE DOE 1 WITH DEFENDANT’S REAL 

NAME

Plaintiff moved to file a Fourth Amended Complaint to identify Defendant Doe 1 as 

Correctional Sergeant Olsen. (ECF No. 23.) However, Plaintiff’s Fourth Amended 

Complaint does not identify Defendant Olsen by name in the facts section; Defendant 

Doe 1 is still named. (ECF No. 24 at 7-8.) Plaintiff also deleted his state causes of 

action which the Court found were not cognizable. 

Given Plaintiff does not seek to amend those claims against Defendants that the 

Court found cognizable or add new claims to his Third Amended Complaint, the 

Court will deem Plaintiff’s Third Amended Complaint amended to replace Defendant Doe 

1 with Defendant’s real name – Correctional Sergeant Olsen. Plaintiff’s motion for leave 

to file a Fourth Amended Complaint (ECF No. 23.) is denied, and the Court’s September 

29, 2015 Findings and Recommendations are vacated.

III. CONCLUSION AND ORDER

Based on the foregoing, the Court HEREBY ORDERS as follows:

1. The September 25, 2015 Findings and Recommendations (ECF No. 25) 

are vacated;

2. Plaintiff’s motion to file a Fourth Amended Complaint (ECF No. 23.) is 

DENIED. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15, Plaintiff’s Third 

Amended Complaint (ECF No. 19) is deemed amended to substitute 

Correctional Sergeant Olsen in place of Doe 1; and

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3. The Clerk’s Office is directed to amend the court records to reflect this 

substitution.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 14, 2015 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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