Bell v. Lopez

Full title: HORACE BELL, Plaintiff, v. SHERRY LOPEZ, et al., Defendants

Court: United States District Court, E.D. California

Date published: Apr 15, 2011

CASE NO. 1:10-cv-01762-SKO PC (E.D. Cal. Apr. 15, 2011)

Opinion

CASE NO. 1:10-cv-01762-SKO PC.

April 15, 2011

ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS TO AMEND BUT DENYING LEAVE TO FILE INCOMPLETE SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT LODGED ON NOVEMBER 29, 2010

SHEILA OBERTO, Magistrate Judge

Plaintiff Horace Bell, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on September 24, 2010. Plaintiff filed an amended complaint as a matter of right on October 7, 2010. Fed.R.Civ.P. 15(a)(1). On November 22, 2010, and November 29, 2010, Plaintiff filed motions seeking leave to amend, and on November 29, 2010, Plaintiff submitted a proposed second amended complaint.

Plaintiff is granted leave to file a second amended complaint. However, the proposed second amended complaint lodged on November 29, 2010, shall not be filed. If Plaintiff amends, he is required to file a second amended complaint that is complete within itself without reference to any other pleadings. Forsyth v. Humana, Inc., 114 F.3d 1467, 1474 (9th Cir. 1997); King v. Atiyeh, 814 F.2d 565, 567 (9th Cir. 1987); Local Rule 220.

Further, Plaintiff is notified that "[u]nrelated claims against different defendants belong in different suits, not only to prevent the sort of morass [a multiple claim, multiple defendant] suit produce[s], but also to ensure that prisoners pay the required filing fees-for the Prison Litigation Reform Act limits to 3 the number of frivolous suits or appeals that any prisoner may file without prepayment of the required fees. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g)." George v. Smith, 507 F.3d 605, 607 (7th Cir. 2007); Fed.R.Civ.P. 18. Plaintiff will not be permitted to proceed with a "mishmash of a complaint," George, 507 F.3d at 607, and he is cautioned that if his second amended complaint fails to comply with Rule 18(a), the Court will dismiss the unrelated claims.

Accordingly, it is HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff's motions to amend, filed November 22, 2010, and November 29, 2010, are GRANTED;

2. Leave to file the proposed second amended complaint, lodged November 29, 2010, is DENIED because the pleading is not complete within itself;

3. If Plaintiff wishes to file a second amended complaint, he must file one document setting forth all of his claims; and

4. The Clerk's Office shall send Plaintiff a blank complaint form.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 14, 2011 42 U.S.C. § 1983 I. Previous Lawsuits (list all other previous or pending lawsuits on back of this form): II. Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies ALL NOTICE: 42 U.S.C. § 1983 42 U.S.C. § 1997ebefore Booth v. Churner 532 U.S. 731 741 McKinney v. Carey 311 F.3d 1198 1999 Even if you are seeking only money damages and the inmate appeal or administrative remedy process does not provide money, you must exhaust the process before filing suit. Booth 532 U.S. at 734 III. Defendants IV. Statement of Claim facts V. Relief.

Plaintiff's Name_________________________ Inmate No. ______________________________ Address _________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (Name of Plaintiff) (Case Number) vs. AMENDED COMPLAINT ____________________________________ Civil Rights Act, ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ___________________________________ (Names of all Defendants) A. Have you brought any other lawsuits while a prisoner? Yes ___ No ___ B. If your answer to A is yes, how many? _______________ Describe previous or pending lawsuits in the space below. (If more than one, use back of paper to continue outlining all lawsuits.) 1. Parties to previous lawsuit: Plaintiff __________________________________________________________________________________ Defendants _________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________ 2. Court (if Federal Court, give name of District; if State Court, give name of County) ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Docket Number __________________________ 4. Assigned Judge ____________________________ 5. Disposition (For example: Was the case dismissed? Was it appealed? Is it still pending?) ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Filing date (approx.) _________________ 7. Disposition date (approx.) _________________ A. Is there an inmate appeal or administrative remedy process available at your institution? Yes ___ No ___ B. Have you filed an appeal or grievance concerning of the facts contained in this complaint? Yes ___ No ___ If your answer is no, explain why not ______________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ C. Is the process completed? Yes ___ If your answer is yes, briefly explain what happened at each level. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ No ___ If your answer is no, explain why not. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Pursuant to the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995, "[n]o action shall be brought with respect to prison conditions under [], or any other Federal law, by a prisoner confined in any jail, prison, or other correctional facility until such administrative remedies as are available are exhausted." (a). If there is an inmate appeal or administrative remedy process available at your institution, you may not file an action under Section 1983, or any other federal law, until you have first completed (exhausted) the process available at your institution. You are required to complete (exhaust) the inmate appeal or administrative remedy process filing suit, regardless of the relief offered by the process. , , (2001); , , (9th Cir. 2002). , . (In Item A below, place the full name of the defendant in the first blank, his/her official position in the second blank, and his/her place of employment in the third blank. Use item B for the names, positions and places of employment of any additional defendants.) A. Defendant _____________________________________ is employed as _____________________________ ______________________ at __________________________________________________________________ B. Additional defendants ______________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ (State here as briefly as possible the of your case. Describe how each defendant is involved, including dates and places. Do not give any legal arguments or cite any cases or statutes. Attach extra sheets if necessary.) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (State briefly exactly what you want the court to do for you. Make no legal arguments. Cite no cases or statutes.) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Date _____________________________ Signature of Plaintiff ____________________________________________