(PC) Trevino v. Sheehan

Opinion

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 10 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 12 ROBERT TREVINO, Case No. 2:23-cv-00235-KJM-JDP (PC) 13 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO ADD EXHIBITS TO SECOND 14 v. AMENDED COMPLAINT AND DIRECTING PLAINTIFF TO FILE A THIRD AMENDED 15 X. SHEEHAN, et al., COMPLAINT 16 Defendants. ECF Nos. 18 & 19 17 18 19 Plaintiff alleges various violations of his rights in connection with a denial of parole. ECF 20 No. 18 at 5. Before I screened the most recent complaint, however, plaintiff filed a motion 21 seeking to add additional exhibits to the complaint. ECF No. 19. Generally, a complaint, should 22 be complete in itself without reference to other filings. See Goodbar v. Paldara, No. 1:21-cv- 23 01811-GSA-PC, 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 83423, 2022 WL 1462142, at *1 (E.D. Cal. May 9, 24 2022) (“Under Rule 220, Plaintiff may not amend the Complaint by adding new information 25 submitted separately from the Complaint. [Instead], Plaintiff must file an amended complaint 26 which is complete in itself, without reference to prior complaints.”). Rather than granting his 27 motion and circumventing this rule, I will direct plaintiff to submit a third amended complaint 28 1 | within thirty days. The complaint will need to be complete in itself; it will need to contain all the 2 | allegations and exhibits that he wishes to have considered. 3 Accordingly, it is ORDERED that: 4 1. Plaintiffs motion to add exhibits to the second amended complaint, ECF No. 19, is 5 | DENIED. 6 2. Within thirty days of this order’s entry, plaintiff shall submit a third amended 7 | complaint that contains all claims and exhibits he wishes to have considered. If he fails to do so, I 8 | shall screen his second amended complaint and disregard the exhibits he has recently attempted to 9 | add. 10 3. The Clerk of Court shall send plaintiff a section 1983 complaint form with this order. 11 IT IS SO ORDERED. 13 ( 1 Ow — Dated: _ August 28, 2024 Q_—— 14 JEREMY D. PETERSON 15 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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