Mills

Mills v. City of Palo Alto

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United States District Court, Northern District of CaliforniaSeptember 12, 20234:23-cv-03330California437 words

Opinion

Trial Court Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ERIC DAVID MILLS, Case No. 23-cv-03330-JSW Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING LEAVE TO FILE

v. AMENDMENT TO COMPLAINT;

GRANTING LEAVE TO FILE

CITY OF PALO ALTO, et al., AMENDED COMPLAINT; DENYING

MOTION TO DISMISS

Defendants. 11 Re: Dkt. No. 12, 14, 17 12 Plaintiff, a California prisoner proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights action under 42 13 U.S.C. § 1983. The complaint was ordered served upon defendants because the Court found that 14 it stated cognizable claims, when liberally construed. Plaintiff has filed a proposed “amendment” 15 to the complaint. Amendments to complaints are not allowed because the case cannot effectively 16 proceed based upon piecemeal complaints set forth in multiple pleadings. Accordingly, leave to 17 file an amendment to the complaint is DENIED. 18 If Plaintiff wishes to amend his complaint, he must file a whole new amended complaint 19 that includes all of the claims and Defendants he wishes to include in this case, including any 20 claims from the original…

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