(PC) Watts et al v. Kachalkin et al

Filing 12

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Jeremy D. Peterson on 8/28/2024 GRANTING 11 Motion to Amend the Complaint. Plaintiffs must submit their amended complaint within 30 days of this order's entry and both must sign it. (Huang, H)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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CHAD E. WATTS AND JENELLE
FLEMING,

ORDER
Plaintiffs,

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Case No. 2:23-cv-01666-KJM-JDP (PC)

v.
MICHAEL KACHALKIN, et al.,

GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO
AMEND THE COMPLAINT
ECF No. 11

Defendants.

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On August 1, 2024, I directed plaintiffs to submit service documents for two defendants.

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ECF No. 10. On August 14, 2024, plaintiff Watts filed what I construe to be a motion to amend

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the complaint, stating that he wishes to change the amount of damages sought and his co-

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plaintiff’s address, and to allege additional physical injuries. ECF No. 11 at 1-2. His motion will

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be granted. He is advised, however, that if plaintiff Fleming wishes to update her address or,

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more broadly, to proceed with her own claims, she must also sign any amended complaint that is

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submitted. Plaintiffs are both advised that the new complaint will supersede the current one and,

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thus, must be complete in itself without reference to any other filings. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(a).

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Accordingly, it is ORDERED that:

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1. Plaintiffs’ motion to amend, ECF No. 11, is GRANTED.

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2. Plaintiffs must submit their amended complaint within thirty days of this order’s entry

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and both must sign it.

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3. The Clerk of Court is directed to send a section 1983 complaint form to each plaintiff

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with this order. Plaintiffs are advised that they must return only one of the forms and, again, it

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must be signed by them both.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated:
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August 28, 2024
JEREMY D. PETERSON
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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