ALLISON CLAIRE, Magistrate Judge.
Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On October 16, 2017, defendants filed a motion for summary judgment. ECF No. 135. On January 3, 2018, after plaintiff was granted an extension of time to file a response and failed to act within the time granted, he was ordered to file and serve an opposition or statement of non-opposition to the pending motion within twenty-one days. ECF No. 140. In the same order, plaintiff was informed that failure to file an opposition would result in a recommendation that this action be dismissed without prejudice for failure to prosecute pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b).
Plaintiff has now requested another extension of time to respond to the motion for summary judgment on the ground that he was unable to access the law library in November and December 2017.
Plaintiff also sought to amend his complaint to include an allegation of property theft. ECF No. 145. Leave to amend is to be freely given "when justice so requires." Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(2). However, plaintiff fails to attach the required copy of his proposed amended complaint that would allow the court to determine whether leave to amend would be appropriate.
Additionally, in this instance, even if plaintiff had properly filed his request for leave to amend his complaint, the request would be denied because the stolen property claim is unrelated to his medical claims. Joining more than one claim is only proper when it is against one defendant, and joining multiple defendants in one complaint is only proper when the claims against them are based on the same facts. Fed. R. Civ. P. 18(a), Fed. R. Civ. P. 20(a)(2). Because plaintiff indicates that he seeks to add new claims against new defendants based on an allegation of stolen property and there is nothing in his filing that indicates that the allegations of stolen property are related to his medical claims (ECF No. 145), amendment would not be proper.
Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
1. Plaintiff's motion for a thirty-day extension of time (ECF No. 145) is denied.
2. Plaintiff has seven days from service of this order to respond to the motion for summary judgment. Failure to do so will result in a recommendation that this action be dismissed for failure to prosecute pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b).
3. Plaintiff's request to amend the complaint (ECF No. 145) is denied.