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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SEKAYI R. WHITE, No. 2:21-CV-0118-JAM-DMC-P Plaintiff, v. ORDER UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil action. Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion, ECF No. 18, for leave to file a first amended complaint. Plaintiff has submitted a proposed first amended complaint with his motion, ECF No. 19. 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 situations, a party’s pleadings may only be amended upon leave of…