Lopez v. Solano State Prison

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ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman on 09/13/17 ordering plaintiff is granted 30 days from the date of this order to file an amended complaint. The clerk of the court is directed to send plaintiff the form for filing a civil rights complaint by a prisoner. (Plummer, M)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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EUTIMIO LOPEZ,

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Plaintiff,

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No. 2: 17-cv-1554 KJN P

v.

ORDER

SOLANO STATE PRISON,

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Defendant.

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Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding without counsel, with a civil rights action pursuant

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to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On August 15, 2017, the undersigned dismissed plaintiff’s complaint with

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thirty days to file an amended complaint. (ECF No. 7.)

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On August 25, 2017, plaintiff filed a letter with the court (docketed as “amended

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complaint”). (ECF No. 11.) While plaintiff discusses his claims in the letter, he also requests a

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thirty days extension of time to file his amended complaint. Accordingly, the undersigned

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construes this letter as a request for an extension of time to file an amended complaint.

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

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1. Plaintiff is granted thirty days from the date of this order to file an amended complaint;

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2. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send plaintiff the form for a civil rights complaint

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by a prisoner.

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Dated: September 13, 2017

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