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Nature of Suit Code: 720
Nature of Suit: Labor Management Relations Act
Cause of Action: 05:704 Labor Litigation

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

FACULTY MEMBERS AT MIDDLE 

EASTERN SCHOOLS, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

RICHARD DONOVAN, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-03974-BLF 

ORDER STRIKING COMPLAINT

[Re: ECF 1]

On August 31, 2015, Ahmed Nuri, along with twenty-six other individuals, all proceeding 

pro se, filed a purported class action complaint against Richard Donovan of the Defense Language 

Institute and Reuf Borovac, President of American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE)

AFL-CIO, Local 1263. See ECF 1. According to the complaint, Mr. Nuri is the contact person for 

twenty-six other faculty members from Middle East Schools. Id. at 6, 7. Mr. Nuri is the sole 

Plaintiff to sign the complaint. Id. at 6. On October 19, 2015, Reuf Borovac, proceeding pro se, 

filed a motion to dismiss on behalf of AFGE Local 1263 and himself. ECF 10.

The Court notes that the complaint does not appear to be a class action but rather a lawsuit 

brought by multiple Plaintiffs. In any event, to the extent this is a class action, a pro se Plaintiff 

cannot prosecute an action as a class action. See C.E. Pope Equity Trust v. United States, 818 

F.2d 696 (9th Cir. 1987). To the extent this action is a lawsuit brought by multiple Plaintiffs, each

Plaintiff’s name, address, and telephone number must be included on the first page of each filing

and each Plaintiff must sign each document filed. See Civil L.R. 3-4; Fed. R. Civ. P. 11. 

Accordingly, the Court STRIKES the complaint and Plaintiffs may file an amended complaint on 

or before November 18, 2015. Further, the Court MOOTS the pending motion to dismiss in light 

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of the foregoing and notes that a pro se individual may not represent an organization. See Civil 

L.R. 3-9(b).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 21, 2015

______________________________________

BETH LABSON FREEMAN

United States District Judge

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