(PC) Ramirez v. KGET Channel 17 News ( 2023 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 NIKO J. RAMIREZ, Case No. 1:23-cv-00737-HBK (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER STRIKING UNSIGNED COMPLAINT 13 v. (Doc. No. 1) 14 KGET CHANNEL 17 NEWS, 15 Defendant. 16 17 Plaintiff Niko Ramirez, a prisoner, initiated this action by filing a pro se civil rights 18 complaint on May 12, 2023. (Doc. No. 1, Complaint). Upon review, the Court notes the 19 Complaint is unsigned. (Doc. 1 at 8). Because the Court cannot consider unsigned filings, the 20 Complaint must be stricken. Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(a); L.R. 131(b). L.R. 131(b). See, e.g., West v. 21 Hulbert, 2016 WL 2854416, at *1 (E.D. Cal. May 16, 2016); Anderson v. Krpan, 2015 WL 22 402086, at *2 (E.D. Cal. Jan. 29, 2015). 23 Accordingly, it is ORDERED: 24 1. The Clerk shall STRIKE Plaintiff’s Complaint (Doc. No. 1) from the docket. 25 2. Within thirty (30) days of the date on this Order, Plaintiff shall file a complaint that is 26 signed under penalty of perjury. 27 3. The Clerk of Court shall include a prisoner civil rights complaint form for Plaintiff’s 28 use in filing his complaint. 1 4. Plaintiffs failure to timely comply with this Order will result in the undersigned 2 recommending the district court dismiss this case for Plaintiffs failure to comply with 3 a Court order and prosecute this action. 4 > | Dated: _ May 14,2023 Mile. □□□ foareA Zacks 6 HELENA M. BARCH-KUCHTA 4 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28