Opinion
CASE NO. 1:10-cv-1852-LJO-MJS (PC).
December 7, 2010
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO AMEND (ECF Nos. 24 25) PLAINTIFF'S THIRD AMENDED COMPLAINT DUE 1/14/11
Plaintiff Graham Roger-Lee De-Luis-Conti ("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 November 9, 2010, the Court denied Plaintiff's Motion to Transfer this case to the Northern District of California. (ECF No. 23.) In its Order denying the Motion to Transfer, the Court noted that while Plaintiff's initial Complaint contained allegations regarding his imprisonment at Salinas Valley, those allegations were not included in his Amended Complaint. (Id. at 2 n. 1.) Since the Amended Complaint only contained allegations regarding his care at California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility, which is located in the Eastern District of California, the Court denied the Motion to Transfer. (Id.)
Before the Court are Plaintiff's Responses to the denial of his Motion to Transfer. (ECF Nos. 24 25.) Plaintiff contends that he meant to incorporate all of his claims in his Second Amended Complaint, including the events at Salinas Valley. However, as Plaintiff previously was advised, an amended complaint supercedes the original, Forsyth v. Humana, Inc., 114 F.3d 1467, 1474 (9th Cir. 1997); King v. Atiyeh, 814 F.2d 565, 567 (9th Cir. 1987), and must be "complete in itself without reference to the prior or superceded pleading," Local Rule 220. Thus, Plaintiff's attempt to incorporate his Salinas Valley claims into his Second Amended Complaint was unsuccessful.
Plaintiff now asks the Court for permission to submit a complaint that encompasses all of his claims. The Court construes Plaintiff's request as a motion to amend and grants it. Plaintiff may file a Third Amended Complaint. It shall be filed not later than January 14, 2011.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: December 6, 2010 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 __________________________________