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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Bivens Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

On December 2, 2013, Plaintiff Gustavo V. Rubio (“Plaintiff”) filed what was construed 

as a civil rights complaint pursuant to Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal 

Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971), which provides a remedy for violation of civil rights 

by federal actors. (Compl., ECF No. 1.) In addition to failing to set forth any intelligible claim 

for relief, the Complaint is unsigned. 

The Court cannot consider unsigned filings. Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(a) (“[e]very pleading. .

. must be signed. . . by a party personally if the party is unrepresented”). Accordingly, this 

GUSTAVO V. RUBIO,

 Plaintiff,

v.

SIX UNKNOWN NAMES AGENTS, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No.: 1:13-cv-01947-LJO-MJS (PC)

ORDER STRIKING COMPLAINT AND 

REQUIRING PLAINTIFF TO FILE SIGNED 

COMPLAINT FORM AND EITHER FILE 

APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA 

PAUPERIS OR PAY FILING FEE WITHIN 

FOURTEEN DAYS

(ECF No. 1)

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Complaint shall be stricken from the record. Plaintiff will be given fourteen days to file a 

signed complaint that complies with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(a).1

Additionally, a civil action may not proceed without the submission of either the filing 

fee or the grant of in forma pauperis status. 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914, 1915. Plaintiff therefore

shall also file a motion seeking leave to proceed in forma pauperis or pay the $400.00 filing

fee in full.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s Complaint is stricken from the record for lack of signature;

2. The Clerk’s Office shall send Plaintiff a Bivens complaint form and an application 

to proceed in forma pauperis; 

3. Within fourteen (14) days from the date of service of this order, Plaintiff must file a 

signed complaint and either file a motion seeking leave to proceed in forma 

pauperis or pay the $400.00 filing fee for this action; and 

4. The failure to comply with this order will result in dismissal of this action.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 10, 2013 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE DEAC_Signature-END:

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A complaint must contain “a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief

. . . .” Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a)(2). Detailed factual allegations are not required, but “[t]hreadbare recitals of the 

elements of a cause of action, supported by mere conclusory statements, do not suffice.” Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 

U.S. 662, 678 (2009) (citing Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 555 (2007)). While a plaintiff’s 

allegations are taken as true, courts “are not required to indulge unwarranted inferences.” Doe I v. Wal-Mart 

Stores, Inc., 572 F.3d 677, 681 (9th Cir. 2009) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted). To state a viable 

claim for relief, Plaintiff must set forth factual allegations sufficient to state a plausible claim for relief. Iqbal, 556 

U.S. at 678-679; Moss v. U.S. Secret Service, 572 F.3d 962, 969 (9th Cir. 2009). The mere possibility of

misconduct falls short of meeting this plausibility standard. Id.

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