Anaya

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TERRELL CORDARRYL STANFORD, No. 2:19-CV-0497-KJM-DMC-P Plaintiff, v. ORDER Y. ANAYA, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the Court is Defendants’ motion, ECF No. 37, for leave to file an amended answer and a motion for partial summary judgment. Plaintiff has filed an opposition, ECF No. 38, and Defendants have filed a reply, ECF No. 39. The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provide that a party may amend his or her pleading once as a matter of course within 21 days of serving the pleading or, if the pleading is one to which a responsive pleading is required, within 21 days after service of the responsive pleading, see Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(1)(A), or within 21 days after service of a motion under Rule 12(b), (e), or (f) of the rules, whichever time is earlier, see Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(1)(B). In all other…