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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA
`TERRE HAUTE DIVISION
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`ROBERT SHORTER,
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`Plaintiff,
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`JACK HENDRIX Executive Director of
`Classification, et al.,
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`No. 2:20-cv-00657-JPH-DLP
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`Defendants.
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`Order Granting Motion to Amend and Directing Plaintiff to File Amended Complaint
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`Plaintiff, Robert Shorter, at all times an inmate in the Indiana Department of Correction
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`("IDOC"), filed this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Because Mr. Shorter is a "prisoner" as
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`defined by 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(c), this Court has an obligation under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a)
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`to screen his complaint before service on the defendants.
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`Before the Court had the opportunity to screen his complaint, Mr. Shorter filed a motion to
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`amend his complaint. Dkt. 9. That motion, dkt. [9], is granted. However, Mr. Shorter did not
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`include a proposed amended complaint. An amended complaint completely replaces the original
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`complaint. Beal v. Beller, 847 F.3d 897, 901 (7th Cir. 2017). Accordingly, the amended complaint
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`must stand on its own, stating all factual allegations against every defendant Mr. Shorter believes
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`is liable and what relief he seeks. Even construing Mr. Shorter's motion to amend as an amended
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`complaint, he did not list all the defendants in his amended complaint, and certain factual
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`allegations appear in his original complaint but not in the amended complaint.
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`Accordingly, Mr. Shorter shall have through May 21, 2021, to file an amended complaint.
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`The amended complaint must contain (1) every defendant, claim, and allegation that he wishes to
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`raise; (2) the relief he seeks; and (3) the case number referenced in the caption of this Order, 2:20-
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`Case 2:20-cv-00657-JPH-DLP Document 11 Filed 04/30/21 Page 2 of 2 PageID #: 34
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`cv-00657-JPH-DLP and have the words "Amended Complaint" on the first page. The clerk is
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`directed to send Mr. Shorter a blank complaint form with his copy of this Order. If Mr. Shorter
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`does not file an amended complaint, Mr. Shorter's original complaint, dkt. 2, will remain the
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`operative complaint.
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`SO ORDERED.
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`Distribution:
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`ROBERT SHORTER
`108402
`WABASH VALLEY - CF
`WABASH VALLEY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY - Inmate Mail/Parcels
`Electronic Service Participant – Court Only
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`Date: 4/30/2021
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