Davis v. Hedgpeth

Full title: DORIAN DAVIS aka WALI AT-TAQI DAVIS, Plaintiff, v. A. HEDGPETH, Defendant

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

Date published: Feb 15, 2008

CASE NO. 1:07-cv-00696-OWW-SMS PC (E.D. Cal. Feb. 15, 2008)

Opinion

CASE NO. 1:07-cv-00696-OWW-SMS PC.

February 15, 2008

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE AN AMENDED COMPLAINT (Doc. 16) AMENDED COMPLAINT DUE WITHIN THIRTY DAYS

SANDRA SNYDER, Magistrate Judge

Plaintiff Dorian Davis ask Wali At-Taqi Davis ("plaintiff") is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On October 23, 2007, the court issued a Findings and Recommendations recommending the dismissal of certain claims, following plaintiff's decision not to amend his complaint. On December 26, 2007, plaintiff filed an Objection stating that he wanted to withdraw his notice of intent not to amend and seeking leave to file an amended complaint.

Plaintiff's motion seeking leave to file an amended complaint is HEREBY GRANTED. Plaintiff has thirty (30) days from the date of service of this order within which to file his amended complaint. If plaintiff fails to file an amended complaint, the Findings and Recommendations will be submitted to the District Judge.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 42 U.S.C. § 1983

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)

I. Previous Lawsuits (list all other previous or pending lawsuits on back of this form):

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 this 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.) __________________________

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 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). , .

III. Defendants

(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 __________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________

IV. Statement of Claim

(State here as briefly as possible the facts 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.)

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V. Relief.

(State briefly exactly what you want the court to do for you. Make no legal arguments. Cite no cases or statutes.)

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I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.

Date __________________ Signature of Plaintiff ______________________________________