Ward

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSHUA JESSE CANTU, Case No. 120-cv-00386-HBK Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING AMENDMENT OF

COMPLAINT TO SUBSTITUTE JOHN DOE

v. DEFENDANTS 1 AND 2 AND DIRECTING

CLERK TO CORRECT CAPTION OF CASE

JOHN DOE 1; JOHN DOE 2; P. WARD;

B. XIONG; P. DUNN, (Doc. No. 17)

15 Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Joshua Jesse Cantu, a pro se prisoner, initiated this action by filing a civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. §1983. Plaintiff is proceeding on his First Amended Complaint (“FAC”). (Doc. No. 7). On June 11, 2021, the Court ordered Plaintiff to provide written notice identifying John Does 1-2 within ninety days for the Court to effect service of process. (Doc. No. 13). Plaintiff timely filed “Notice of John Doe Defendants” in compliance with this Court’s June 11 Order. (Doc. No. 17, “Notice”). The Court construes the Notice to include a motion under Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(c) to substitute the John Doe Defendants 1 and 2 for the proper names in…