Edwards

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 DANNY J. CARDENAS, No. 2:19-CV-0691-TLN-DMC-P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 B.S. EDWARDS, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff, a prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action pursuant to 18 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action currently proceeds on Plaintiff’s second amended complaint, ECF 19 No. 18. Defendants have been served and have filed their answer to the second amended 20 complaint. See ECF Nos. 26 (waiver of service) and 28 (answer to second amended complaint). 21 Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s third amended complaint, ECF No. 31, filed without leave 22 of Court. 23 The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provide that a party may amend his or her 24 pleading once as a matter of course within 21 days of serving the pleading or, if the pleading is 25 one to which a responsive pleading is required, within 21 days after service of the responsive 26 pleading, see Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(1)(A), or within 21 days after service…