Patkins

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 DAVID C. PATKINS, Case No. 16-cv-04347-TSH

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE MOTION TO FILE

v. SUPPLEMENTAL COMPLAINT

A. LISK, Re: Dkt. No. 44 Defendant.

12 Plaintiff David C. Patkins requests leave to supplement his Complaint to add an additional Defendant. ECF No. 44. Having considered the Parties’ arguments, the Court GRANTS Plaintiff leave to supplement. I. BACKGROUND Patkins’ Complaint alleges that A. Lisk, a correctional officer previously employed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”) at the Correctional Training Facility (“CTF”) in Soledad, California retaliated against him for exercising his First Amendment rights. Specifically, Patkins alleges that Lisk was his work supervisor in the culinary department at CTF, and that Lisk was, among other things, verbally abusive to him, harassed him and his cell mate, and accused him of…