Esquentini

I. INTRODUCTION

On November 30, 2021, Plaintiff Christopher Williams (“Plaintiff”), a federal prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a Complaint alleging violations of his civil rights. (Compl., ECF No. 1.) The case was transferred to this Court from the Western District of Louisiana on January 6, 2022. (Id.)

On April 7, 2022, Plaintiff filed a Motion for Leave to File a Second or Subsequent Amendment (“Motion”). (Mot., ECF No. 19.) On May 11, 2022, the Court issued an order on the Motion, explaining that the time limit for Plaintiff’s filing an amended pleading as of course under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure (“Rule”) 15(a)(1) had not yet expired. (ECF No. 22.) The Court also explained that Local Civil Rule of the Central District of California states that “[e]very amended pleading filed as a matter of right or allowed by order of the Court shall be complete including exhibits. The amended pleading shall not refer to the prior, superseded pleading.” C.D. Cal. L.R. 15- 2. (Id.) As such, the Court denied the Motion as unnecessary and directed the Clerk to docket Plaintiff’s pleading as the “First Amended Complaint” (“FAC”). (Id.)

The Court has screened the FAC and, for…