- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 GEOVANNI PENA, 1:21-cv-00833-GSA-PC 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S REQUEST FOR THE COURT TO 13 v. SUPPLEMENT PAGE 6 OF HIS COMPLAINT WITH HIS SIGNATURE 14 UNITED STATES, et al., (ECF No. 3.) 15 Defendants. ORDER STRIKING COMPLAINT FOR LACK OF SIGNATURE, WITH LEAVE 16 TO FILE AN AMENDED COMPLAINT BEARING PLAINTIFF’S SIGNATURE 17 THIRTY-DAY DEADLINE TO FILE 18 FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT 19 ORDER FOR CLERK TO SEND COMPLAINT FORM TO PLAINTIFF 20 21 22 23 I. BACKGROUND 24 Geovanni Pena (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with this civil rights 25 action pursuant to Bivens vs. Six Unknown Agents, 403 U.S. 388 (1971). On May 24, 2021, 26 Plaintiff filed the Complaint commencing this action. (ECF No. 1.) The Complaint lacks 27 Plaintiff’s signature. (Id.) On June 1, 2021, Plaintiff filed a request for the court to supplement 28 page 6 of the Complaint with his signature. (ECF No. 3.) 1 II. MOTION TO AMEND – FED. R. CIV. P. 15(a) 2 Plaintiff may not add his signature to the Complaint in this manner. Under Rule 220, 3 Plaintiff may not amend the Complaint by adding information or exhibits submitted separately 4 from the Complaint.1 To add information or make a correction to the Complaint, Plaintiff must 5 file an amended complaint which is complete in itself, without reference to prior complaints. To 6 add his signature, Plaintiff must file a First Amended Complaint, complete in itself, with the 7 signature affixed. All filings submitted to the court must bear the signature of the filing party. 8 Local Rule 131; Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(a). 9 III. CONCLUSION 10 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 11 1. Plaintiff’s request for the court to supplement page 6 of his Complaint with his 12 original signature is DENIED; 13 2. The Complaint is STRICKEN from the record for lack of signature, with leave to 14 file a First Amended Complaint;2 15 3. Within thirty days from the date of service of this order, Plaintiff may file a First 16 Amended Complaint bearing his signature; 17 4. The First Amended Complaint should be clearly and boldly titled “First Amended 18 Complaint,” refer to case number 1:21-cv-00833-GSA-PC, and be signed under 19 penalty of perjury; 20 5. The Clerk of Court shall send one Bivens civil rights complaint form to Plaintiff. 21 and 22 23 1 Local Rule 220 provides, in part: 24 Unless prior approval to the contrary is obtained from the Court, every pleading to which an amendment or supplement is permitted as a matter of right or has been 25 allowed by court order shall be retyped and filed so that it is complete in itself without reference to the prior or superseded pleading. No pleading shall be deemed amended or 26 supplemented until this Rule has been complied with. All changed pleadings shall contain copies of all exhibits referred to in the changed pleading. 27 2 A document which is “stricken” will not be considered by the Court for any purpose. 28 (Informational Order, ECF No. 2 at 2:7-8.) 1 6. Plaintiff’s failure to comply with this order shall result in a recommendation that 2 this case be dismissed. 3 IT IS SO ORDERED. 4 5 Dated: June 3, 2021 /s/ Gary S. Austin UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Document Info
Docket Number: 1:21-cv-00833
Filed Date: 6/3/2021
Precedential Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 6/19/2024