Sterling v. Federal Bureau of Prisons

Full title: RONN STERLING, Plaintiff, v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS, and RON WILEY…

Court: United States District Court, D. Colorado

Date published: Oct 13, 2006

Civil Action No. 06-cv-00857-WDM-CBS (D. Colo. Oct. 13, 2006)

Opinion

Civil Action No. 06-cv-00857-WDM-CBS.

October 13, 2006

ORDER

CRAIG SHAFFER, Magistrate Judge

This civil action comes before the court on Sterling's "Motion for Leave to Amend Complaint" (filed October 11, 2006) (doc. # 26). Pursuant to the Order of Reference dated June 26, 2006 (doc. # 9) and the memorandum dated October 11, 2006 (doc. # 27), the Motion was referred to the Magistrate Judge. The court has reviewed the Motion, the entire case file, and the applicable law and is sufficiently advised in the premises.

Sterling seeks to amend his "Prisoner Complaint" to add a sentence to his "Claim One, number six (# 6)" and to add a request for punitive damages. "A party may amend the party's pleading once as a matter of course at any time before a responsive pleading is served. . . ." Fed.R.Civ.P. 15(a). Here, no responsive pleading has been filed. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 7(a). Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED that Sterling's "Motion for Leave to Amend Complaint" (filed October 11, 2006) (doc. # 26) is GRANTED. Sterling's Prisoner Complaint (doc. # 3) remains the operative Complaint, with the inclusion of the additions described in Sterling's "Motion for Leave to Amend Complaint" (doc. # 26).