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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES E. SMITH,

Plaintiff,

v.

SCRIBNER, et al.,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 1:06-CV-00310-AWI-LJO-P

ORDER STRIKING MOTION FOR LACK OF

SIGNATURE

(Doc. 6)

ORDER DENYING MISCELLANEOUS

MOTIONS FOR RELIEF

(Docs. 5 and 7)

Plaintiff James E. Smith (“plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil action.

Plaintiff filed this suit on March 22, 2006. On April 14, 2006, plaintiff filed a motion for the relief

he is seeking under the First and Fourteenth Amendments, and a motion for a court order requiring

the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to process his payment of the

filing fee or his application to proceed in forma pauperis. On April 17, 2006, plaintiff filed a

miscellaneous motion for relief. 

Plaintiff’s motion for a court order requiring CDCR to process his payment of the filing fee

or his application to proceed in forma pauperis was not signed and shall therefore be stricken from

the record. Local Rule 7-131; Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(a). 

Plaintiff’s April 14 motion requesting the relief he is seeking under the First and Fourteenth

Amendments sets forth neither a basis entitling plaintiff to relief nor any recognizable request for

legitimate relief. Plaintiff cites to 28 U.S.C. § 566 in support of his motion. Section 566 sets forth

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the powers and duties of the United States Marshal, and provides no basis upon which plaintiff may

be awarded relief by the court. 

Plaintiff’s April 17 motion is disjointed, rambling, and generally confusing, and sets forth

no legitimate request for court action at this juncture. Plaintiff concludes his purported motion by

requesting the court “grant plaintiff equal benefits, privieges [sic] and immunities afforded other

citizens of this State, grant plaintiff adequate medical treatment and care, grant plaintiff attorney fees,

grant plaintiff a jury trial, access to the Jusitce [sic] Act, declare that plaintiff have a cognizable

property interest and grant plaintiff punitive damages, nominal damages, compensatory damages and

equitable relief and any other and further relief this Court deems just, proper and equitable.” (Doc.

7, pg. 5.) These forms of relief, are properly set forth in a pleading. The operative pleading in this

action was filed on March 22, 2006. Plaintiff may not add to his pleading in this manner, and his

filing, to the extent it is a motion for immediate relief, sets forth no grounds entitling plaintiff to any

legitimate relief.

Based on the foregoing, it is HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s motion for a court order requiring CDCR to process his payment of the

filing fee or his application to proceed in forma pauperis, filed April 14, 2006, is

STRICKEN from the record on the ground that it was not signed by plaintiff; and 

2. Plaintiff’s motion requesting the relief he is seeking under the First and Fourteenth

Amendments, filed April 14, 2006, and plaintiff’s miscellaneous motion, filed April

17, 2006, are DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 16, 2006 /s/ Lawrence J. O'Neill 

b9ed48 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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