Stanley W. Mundy v. Sacramento County Jail Medical Staff, et al.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 STANLEY W. MUNDY, No. 1:22-cv-00401-KES-SAB (PC) 11 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

TO AMEND, WITHOUT PREJUDICE

12 v. (ECF No. 82) 13 SACRAMENTO COUNTY JAIL MEDICAL STAFF, et al., 14 Defendants. 15 16 Plaintiff Stanley A. Mundy is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights 17 action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 18 Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion to amend, filed July 28, 2025. (ECF No. 19 82.) For the reasons set forth below, the Court concludes that Plaintiff improperly filed a 20 proposed third amended complaint, without a motion for leave to do so. 21 I. 22 DISCUSSION 23 The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provide that a party may amend his or her pleading 24 once as a matter of course within 21 days of serving the pleading or, if the pleading is one to 25 which a responsive pleading is required, within 21 days after service of the responsive pleading, 26 see Fed. R.…