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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STEVEN MOORE,

Plaintiff,

v.

NKIRUKA AKABIKE,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:20-cv-01089-HBK (PC)

ORDER STRIKING UNAUTHORIZED 

PLEADING1

(Doc. No. 25)

Pending before the Court is Plaintiff Steven Moore’s pleading entitled “Motion to Include 

Submitted Evidence from rejected First Amended Complaint.” (Doc. No. 25, “Motion”). For the 

reasons set forth below, the Court will direct the Clerk of Court to strike Plaintiff’s unauthorized 

pleading.

In his Motion, Plaintiff requests to file with the Court “documentary evidence” that he 

previously attempted to file with an unauthorized First Amended Complaint. (Id. at 2). This 

includes Plaintiff’s medical records and “additional affidavids [sic]” from unknown persons. 

(Id.). The evidence is not attached to the Motion.

As Plaintiff was advised at the outset of this litigation:

The Court will not serve as a repository for evidence. The parties 

1 This matter was referred to the undersigned pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302 

(E.D. Cal. 2022). 

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may not file evidence (prison, disciplinary or medical records, 

witness affidavits, etc.) with the Court until it becomes necessary to 

do so in connection with a motion for summary judgment, trial or the 

Court requests otherwise. Evidence improperly submitted to the 

Court may be stricken/returned.

(Doc. No. 3 at 3, ¶ J). Accordingly, Plaintiff’s Motion will be ordered stricken because Plaintiff 

has submitted evidence that is unrelated to a motion for summary judgment, trial, or Court

request. Furthermore, to the extent the Court construes Plaintiff’s filing as a motion, it is deficient 

because it fails to comport with this Court’s procedural rules and local rules of which Plaintiff was 

advised. (See Doc. No. 3 at ¶¶ C, E, F advising pro se prisoner of Fed. R. Civ. P. 7, Local Rules 131, 

133).

Accordingly, it is ORDERED:

The Clerk of Court is directed to strike Plaintiff’s pleading (Doc. No. 25).

Dated: October 24, 2023 

HELENA M. BARCH-KUCHTA

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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