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Parties Involved:
Tina Nicoles
Defendant
Eugenio Luis Nogueras
Plaintiff
Augustina Ojukwu
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EUGENIO LUIS NOGUERAS,

Plaintiff,

v.

TINA NICOLES,

Defendant.

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Case No. 1:14-cv-00470-SKO (PC)

ORDER DEEMING AMENDED 

COMPLAINT AMENDED TO SUBSTITUTE 

AUGUSTINA OJUKWU IN PLACE OF 

TINA NICOLES AS DEFENDANT, AND 

DIRECTING CLERK’S OFFICE AMEND 

COURT RECORDS TO REFLECT 

SUBSTITUTION 

(Docs. 13, 19 and 21) 

Plaintiff Eugenio Luis Nogueras, a former state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma 

pauperis, filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on August 21, 2012. This 

action for damages is proceeding against Defendant Tina Nicoles for violating Plaintiff’s rights 

under the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution. 

On May 9, 2014, the Court directed the United States Marshal to initiate service of process 

on Defendant Nicoles. The USM returned service unexecuted on May 29, 2014, on the basis that 

the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation was unable to identify any such 

employee. On June 3, 2014, Plaintiff was ordered to submit further information regarding the 

identity of Defendant Nicoles, preferably in the form a medical or appeal record containing 

Defendant’s name. 

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Plaintiff filed a response to the order on July 7, 2014, and based on the records he 

provided, it appears that Augustina Ojukwu is the name of the registered nurse whose actions are 

at issue in this case.

Accordingly, the Court HEREBY ORDERS as follows:

1. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15, Plaintiff’s amended complaint is 

deemed amended to substitute Augustina Ojukwu in place of Tina Nicoles; and

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

and change in case name.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 27, 2014 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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