(PC) Mitchell v. CA Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JOHN EDWARD MITCHELL, Case No. 1:24-cv-00522-JLT-BAM (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

REQUEST TO TAKE LEAVE TO AMEND

13 v.

AND/OR CORRECT THE PLEADINGS

14 CA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS & REHABILITATION, et al., (ECF No. 16) 15 Defendants. THIRTY (30) DAY DEADLINE 16

17 18 Plaintiff John Edward Mitchell (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this 19 civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The complaint has not yet been screened. 20 On July 2, 2025, Plaintiff filed a request to take leave to amend and/or correct the 21 pleadings, which the Court construes as a motion to amend the complaint. (ECF No. 16.) 22 Plaintiff requests that he be permitted to amend the pending complaint within thirty days pursuant 23 to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15. (Id.) 24 Under Rule 15(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, a party may amend the party’s 25 pleading once as a matter of course at any time before a responsive pleading is served. 26 …