(PC) Shavers v. Chandler
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JESSE LEE SHAVERS, JR., Case No. 2:23-cv-0112-DAD-JDP (P) Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
THAT PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR LEAVE
v. TO AMEND BE DENIED AS FUTILE SCHRIVER, et al., ECF No. 47 Defendants. ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’
REQUEST FOR SCREENING AND STAY
16 ECF No. 49 17 Plaintiff Jesse Lee Shavers, Jr. is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending is his motion for leave to file an amended complaint, ECF No. 47, and a copy of his proposed fourth amended complaint, ECF No. 48. For the reasons stated below, his motion to amend should be denied as futile. Defendants’ request for screening is granted, as is their request to stay their discovery responses until twenty-one days after this order. ECF No. 49. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a)(2) instructs courts to “freely give leave [to amend] when justice so requires.” See…