Doe

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CHRISTOPHER HEIM, 1:20-cv-00391-AWI-GSA-PC

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF

LEAVE TO AMEND COMPLAINT

vs.

ORDER FOR CLERK TO FILE

JANE DOE, et al., SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT

LODGED ON JANUARY 4, 2021

Defendants. (ECF No. 16.)

17 I. BACKGROUND Christopher Heim (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed the Complaint commencing this action on March 11, 2020. (ECF No. 1.) On May 14, 2020, Plaintiff filed the First Amended Complaint as a matter of course. (ECF No. 13.) On January 4, 2021, Plaintiff lodged a Second Amended Complaint. (ECF No. 16.) II. LEAVE TO AMEND – RULE 15(a) 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 at any time before a responsive pleading is served. Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a). …