Williams et al v. Woodford et al

Filing 31

ORDER Directing Clerk of Court to Return Second Amended Complaint without Filing signed by Magistrate Judge Dennis L. Beck on 04/22/2009. (Flores, E)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 11 12 13 14 J WOODFORD, et. al., 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 U . S . D i s t r ic t C o u r t E. D . C a lifo r n ia UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JOHN W WILLIAMS, Plaintiff, v. Case No.: 1:06-cv-01535 AWI DLB (PC) ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO RETURN SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT WITHOUT FILING Defendants. ____________________________________/ Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action. This action is proceeding on Plaintiff's first amended complaint filed on April 21, 2008 against defendant Vasquez ("Defendant") for violation of the First Amendment. (Docs. 22, 23, 30). On April 16, 2009, Plaintiff submitted a second amended complaint. Defendant has not yet appeared in this action. Under Rule 15(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, a party may amend the party's pleading once as a matter of course at any time before a responsive pleading is served. Otherwise, a party may amend only by leave of the court or by written consent of the opposing party, and leave shall be freely given when justice so requires. Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a). In this case, plaintiff had previously amended his complaint. Therefore, plaintiff may not file a second amended complaint without leave of the court or consent of the opposing parties. Plaintiff has not sought - and has not been granted - leave to file a second amended complaint and therefore 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 the Court of the Clerk is HEREBY DIRECTED to return the second amended complaint to plaintiff by mail, without filing. Plaintiff is not foreclosed from amending his first amended complaint; however, Plaintiff must comply with the federal rules. Further, once Defendant has appeared and filed an answer to the first amended complaint, the court will issue a Discovery Order and Scheduling Order, which includes a deadline for filing amended pleadings. IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: 3b142a April 22, 2009 /s/ Dennis L. Beck UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 U . S . D i s t r ic t C o u r t E. D . C a lifo r n ia 2

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