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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSHUA JASON DALKE, ) Case No.: 1:20-cv-00534-AWI-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER DISREGARDING PLAINTIFF’S v. ) THIRD AMENDED COMPLAINT,

LODGED ON JANUARY 8, 2021

KING CLARK, et al., ) ) (ECF No. 56 Defendants. ) ) )

Plaintiff Joshua Jason Dalke is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On January 8, 2021, Plaintiff submitted a third amended complaint which was lodged by the Court because Plaintiff did not have permission. Under Rule 15(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, a party may amend the party's pleading once as a matter of course twenty-one days after serving, or if a response was filed, within twenty-one days after service of the response. Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(1). Otherwise, a party may amend only by leave of the court or by written consent of the adverse party, and leave shall be freely…