(PC) Turner v. United States Department

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ANTHONY DEWAYNE LEE TURNER, No. 2:19-cv-0435 TLN KJN P Plaintiff, v. ORDER UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT, et al, Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a county jail inmate proceeding without counsel. Plaintiff filed a motion for a 180-day extension of time to file a second amended complaint. Plaintiff argues that due to the conflicts in the law library, overcrowding, and no law books to cite the law, as well as delays in getting to the law library, it is “impossible to have immediate access to the courts,” and therefore seeks a six-month extension of time. (ECF No. 15 at 1.) Plaintiff’s arguments do not support such a lengthy extension of time; indeed, most prisoners are subject to delays in accessing the law library. Moreover, plaintiff is reminded that a complaint is focused on facts; legal citations are not required. The court (and defendant) should be able to read and understand plaintiff’s pleading within minutes. McHenry v. Renne, 84…