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Parties Involved:
Joey Fitch
Plaintiff
Joseph Galland
Defendant
Christopher Knutson
Defendant
Jeffery Watts
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOEY FITCH,

Plaintiff,

v.

JOSEPH GALLAND, CHRISTOPHER 

KNUTSON, and JEFFERY WATTS,

Defendants.

No. 1:16-cv-00489-DAD-JLT

ORDER

Plaintiff Joey Fitch is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action 

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On July 7, 2016, plaintiff filed a motion seeking leave to amend 

his complaint as well as a first amended complaint. (Doc. Nos. 14–15.) As of that date, 

defendant Joseph Galland had not yet been served in this action. Pursuant to Rule 15 of the 

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Local Rules of this court, plaintiff's complaint has 

therefore been amended as a matter of course. 

Accordingly, 

1. Plaintiff’s first amended complaint (Doc. No. 15) is deemed the operative complaint in 

this action;

2. Plaintiff's motion to amend the complaint (Doc. No. 14) is denied as having been 

rendered moot; and

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3. The Clerk of the Court is directed to update the case caption and docket to reflect the 

newly named defendants in this action.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 20, 2016 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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