Covello

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DARREN K. KAWAMOTO, No. 2:24-cv-00258 DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER PATRICK COVELLO, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Presently before the court is plaintiff’s motions to amend. (ECF Nos. 5, 6.) For the reasons set forth below, the court will grant the motion to amend. I. Motion to Amend Plaintiff has filed two motions to amend the complaint. (ECF Nos. 5, 6.) Therein, plaintiff states that he seeks to amend the complaint to add additional claims and defendants. (ECF No. 5 at 1-2.) The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure state that courts “should freely give leave [to amend] when justice so requires.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(2). “In the absence of any apparent or declared reason—such as undue delay, bad faith or dilatory motive on the part of the movant, repeated failure to cure deficiencies by amendments…