Jones
(PC) Autry v. Jones
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JONATHAN COLLIN AUTRY, Case No. 2:22-cv-00554-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S
MOTION TO AMEND THE COMPLAINT
v. AND DENYING HIS MOTION TO
APPOINT COUNSEL
SCOTT JONES, et al., ECF Nos. 8 & 10 Defendants.
THIRTY-DAY DEADLINE
16 17 Plaintiff Jonathan Collin Autry is a county inmate proceeding without counsel in this civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Before the court screened his original complaint, plaintiff filed a motion to amend it. ECF No. 10. The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure permit plaintiff to amend his complaint as a matter of course before service of a responsive pleading. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a). Accordingly, his motion to amend is granted. Plaintiff shall file an amended complaint within thirty days of the date of this order. 24 1 Plaintiff also requests the court’s assistance with conducting discovery. This request is 25 premature, since plaintiff has yet to file his amended…