(PC) James v. County of Sacramento

Filing 66

ORDER signed by District Judge Dale A. Drozd on 06/05/2024 ADOPTING 61 Findings and Recommendations in full; and DENYING 48 & 54 Plaintiff's requests to supplement the sixth Amended Complaint without prejudice. (Nair, C)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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RONALD EUGENE JAMES,

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No. 2:22-cv-02193-DAD-JDP (PC)

Plaintiff,
v.

ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS

COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO, et al.,
(Doc. Nos. 48, 54, 61)
Defendants.

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Plaintiff Ronald Eugene James is a county inmate proceeding pro se and in forma

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pauperis in this civil rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This matter was referred

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to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302.

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On March 12, 2024, the magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations

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recommending that plaintiff’s motions to supplement the sixth amended complaint (Doc. Nos. 48,

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51) be denied without prejudice because plaintiff did not follow the proper procedure for

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amending a complaint under Local Rule 220. (Doc. No. 61 at 2.) Specifically, plaintiff did not

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file a proposed seventh amended complaint that was complete in itself. (Id.) (citing Goodbar v.

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Paldara, No. 1:21-cv-01811-GSA-PC, 2022 WL 1462142, at *1 (E.D. Cal. May 9, 2022)

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(“Under Rule 220, Plaintiff may not amend the Complaint by adding new information submitted

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separately from the Complaint. To add information or make a correction to the Complaint,

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Plaintiff must file an amended complaint which is complete in itself, without reference to prior
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complaints. To add his new allegations, Plaintiff must file a First Amended Complaint, complete

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in itself, incorporating the new allegations.”)).

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Those pending findings and recommendations were served on plaintiff and contained

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notice that any objections thereto were to be filed within fourteen (14) days after service. (Id. at

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5.) On March 29, 2024, plaintiff filed objections to the pending findings and recommendations.

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(Doc. No. 62.) However, plaintiff’s objections do not address the shortcomings of his filings as

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described in the findings and recommendations.

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In accordance with the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C) and Local Rule 304, this
court has conducted a de novo review of this case. Having carefully reviewed the entire file, the

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court finds the findings and recommendations to be supported by the record and by proper

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analysis.

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Accordingly:

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adopted in full; and

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2.

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Plaintiff’s requests to supplement the sixth amended complaint (Doc Nos. 48, 54)
are denied without prejudice.

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The findings and recommendations issued on March 12, 2024 (Doc. No. 61) are

IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

June 5, 2024
DALE A. DROZD
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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