Cassie

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 FORREST GRAY, Case No. 2:22-cv-00099-JDP (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

TO AMEND THE COMPLIANT

13 v. ECF No. 26 14 CASSIE, et al.,

15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in this action brought under 18 42 U.S.C. § 1983. I previously screened plaintiff’s first amended complaint and found that it 19 stated an Eighth Amendment claim for sexual assault against defendant Cassie. ECF No. 15. 20 Before defendant filed a response to the complaint, plaintiff filed a motion to amend the 21 complaint. ECF No. 26. 22 The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure permit plaintiff to amend his complaint as a matter 23 of course before service of a responsive pleading. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a). Accordingly, his 24 motion to amend is granted. He must file his amended complaint within thirty days of this 25 order’s entry. Plaintiff is advised that his amended complaint will supersede the current 26 complaint. See Lacey v.…