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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 LAMONT SHEPARD, Case No. 1:23-cv-01486-NODJ-EPG (PC) 11 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING WITHOUT PREJUDICE

PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO

12 v. FILE AN AMENDED COMPLAINT 13

S. GANNON, ET AL., (ECF No. 16)

14 Defendants. 15

16 Plaintiff Lamont Shepard is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action 17 filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff commenced this suit by filing a complaint on October 18 18, 2023. (ECF No. 1). Then on January 29, 2024, Plaintiff filed First Amended Complaint 19 (ECF No. 14), thereby exhausting his right to amend complaint once without obtaining leave of 20 court under Rule 15(a)(1). On February 12, 2024, Plaintiff filed a motion to amend his 21 complaint again, seeking to add new defendants and new claims. (ECF No. 15). 22 However, Plaintiff did not submit a proposed amended complaint with his motion as 23 required by the Court’s Local Rules. See Local Rule 137(c) (“If filing a document requires 24 leave of court, such as an amended complaint after the time to…