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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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 Plaintiff states that he was unable to attach a proof of service because he was unable to access the law

library. Plaintiff may handwrite a proof of service just as he handwrote his motion. Therefore, law library access is

not required for plaintiff to create a proof of service. Further, the court is more interested in plaintiff’s compliance

with the rules rather than with plaintiff getting the technical format of a proof of service correct. All plaintiff needs

to do is include some signed and dated statement that certifies that plaintiff served his filing on defendant’s counsel. 

Absent such a statement, the court will not consider plaintiff’s filings. 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES GARRETT,

Plaintiff,

v.

C/O RICHHI,

Defendant.

 /

CASE NO. CV-F-03-5892 AWI SMS P

ORDER STRIKING MOTION FOR

EXTENSION OF TIME FOR FAILURE TO

CERTIFY THAT MOTION WAS SERVED ON

DEFENDANT’S COUNSEL

(Doc. 46)

On September 26, 2005, plaintiff filed a motion seeking an extension of the pre-trial

dispositive motion deadline. Plaintiff is required to serve defendant’s counsel with all filings and

attach a proof of service (handwritten or otherwise) to each filing stating that plaintiff served the

filing on defendant’s counsel. Fed. R. Civ. P. 5; Local Rule 5-135. Plaintiff did not do so and his

motion is HEREBY STRICKEN from the record as a result.1

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 2, 2005 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

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icido3 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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