Thornton v. Perez

Full title: WILLIAM CECIL THORNTON, Plaintiff, v. SONNY PEREZ, et al., Defendants

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

Date published: Oct 17, 2011

1:11-cv-01136-JLT PC (E.D. Cal. Oct. 17, 2011)

Opinion

1:11-cv-01136-JLT PC.

October 17, 2011

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO AMEND (Doc. 5)

JENNIFER THURSTON, Magistrate Judge

Plaintiff William Cecil Thornton, a state prisoner filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on July 11, 2010. On August 3, 2011, Plaintiff filed a motion seeking leave to amend to add additional Defendants. (Doc. 5). A this stage in the proceedings, Plaintiff may amend once as a matter of right without leave of court. Fed.R.Civ.P. 15(a)(1). Accordingly, Plaintiff's motion to amend is GRANTED.

Plaintiff is advised that his first amended complaint must be 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, the first amended complaint cannot contain unrelated claims. 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.

Accordingly, it is ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff's motion to amend is GRANTED; and

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

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 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 ____________________________________________________