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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PHILLIP JOSEPH JOHNSON, Case No. 1:23-cv-00241-JLT-BAM (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR LEAVE

TO FILE AMENDED COMPLAINT

v.

TRINH, et al., (ECF No. 21)

Defendants. THIRTY (30) DAY DEADLINE 16 Plaintiff Phillip Joseph Johnson (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The complaint has not yet been screened. On March 23, 2023, Plaintiff filed a motion for leave to file an amended complaint. (ECF No. 21.) Plaintiff states that he found out there were more defendants to add to the original complaint, and since filing the original complaint, he has determined the names of more defendants. (Id.) Under Rule 15(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, a party may amend the party’s pleading once as a matter of course at any time before a responsive pleading is served. Otherwise, a party may amend only by leave of the…