Whatley

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Reginald Whatley, Case No.: 18-cv-02761-CAB-BGS

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

v. AMEND

G. Valdovinos et al., [ECF NO. 21] Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff Reginald Whatley is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed a Motion to Amend nunc pro tunc to September 9, 2019 in which he seeks to add defendants and claims to his lawsuit. (ECF No. 21.) However, Plaintiff did not attach a copy of his proposed amended complaint. (Id.) Defendant Valdovinos filed a Notice of Non-Opposition on September 25, 2019 stating that “Defendant does not oppose Plaintiff’s Motion to Amend Complaint.” (ECF No. 24.) Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15 states that a “party may amend its pleading once as a matter of course” twenty-one days after serving it or “21 days after service of a 27 …