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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Juan F. Delacruz, 

Plaintiff, 

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Charles L. Ryan, et al., 

Defendants. 

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No. CV 11-1745-PHX-GMS (MEA)

ORDER

On September 2, 2011, Plaintiff Juan F. Delacruz, who is confined in the Arizona

State Prison Complex-Florence, filed a pro se civil rights Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C.

§ 1983 and an Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis. On October 12, 2011, the Court

granted Plaintiff’s Application to Proceed and dismissed the Complaint with leave to amend.

On November 3, 2011, Plaintiff filed an Amended Complaint.

I. Amended Complaint is not Signed

 All pleadings must be signed by the party if the party is not represented by an

attorney. Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(a) and LRCiv 3.4(a), 7.1(b)(1). An unsigned pleading must be

stricken unless omission of the signature is corrected promptly after being called to the

attention of the party. Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(a). 

Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint is unsigned. Therefore, Plaintiff will be permitted 30

days from the filing date of this Order to submit a completed and signed Certificate, using

the Certificate form included with this Order, certifying that Plaintiff’s signature on the

Certificate shall serve as an original signature on his Amended Complaint for the purposes

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of Rule 3.4(a) of the Local Rules of Civil Procedure and Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of

Civil Procedure. 

II. Warnings

A. Address Changes

Plaintiff must file and serve a notice of a change of address in accordance with Rule

83.3(d) of the Local Rules of Civil Procedure. Plaintiff must not include a motion for other

relief with a notice of change of address. Failure to comply may result in dismissal of this

action.

B. Copies

Plaintiff must submit an additional copy of every filing for use by the Court. See

LRCiv 5.4. Failure to comply may result in the filing being stricken without further notice

to Plaintiff.

C. Possible Dismissal

If Plaintiff fails to timely comply with every provision of this Order, including these

warnings, the Court may dismiss this action without further notice. Ferdik v. Bonzelet, 963

F.2d 1258, 1260-61 (9th Cir. 1992) (a district court may dismiss an action for failure to

comply with any order of the Court).

IT IS ORDERED:

(1) Within 30 days of the date this Order is filed, Plaintiff must file a completed

and signed Certificate, using the Certificate form provided with this Order, certifying that

Plaintiff’s signature on the Certificate shall serve as an original signature on his Amended

Complaint for the purposes Rule 3.4(a) of the Local Rules of Civil Procedure and Rule 11

of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

(2) If Plaintiff fails to file, within 30 days, a completed and signed Certificate on

the form provided with this Order, the Clerk of Court must strike Plaintiff’s Amended

Complaint and enter a judgment of dismissal of this action without prejudice and without

further notice to Plaintiff.

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(3) The Clerk of Court must mail Plaintiff a Certificate form.

DATED this 29th day of November, 2011.

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______________________________

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______________________________

(Your Name and Address)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Juan F. Delacruz, 

Plaintiff, 

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Charles L. Ryan, et al., 

Defendants. 

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No. CV11-1745-PHX-GMS (MEA)

CERTIFICATE

I, Juan F. Delacruz, hereby certify: 

I have read the pro se Amended Complaint (Doc. 9) filed by me on November 3,

2011, and to the best of my knowledge, information, and belief, formed after an inquiry

reasonable under the circumstances:

(1) it is not being presented for any improper purpose, such as to

harass or to cause unnecessary delay or needless increase in the cost

of litigation; 

(2) the claims, defenses, and other legal contentions therein are

warranted by existing law or by a nonfrivolous argument for the

extension, modification, or reversal of existing law or the

establishment of new law;

(3) the allegations and other factual contentions have evidentiary

support or, if specifically so identified, are likely to have evidentiary

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support after a reasonable opportunity for further investigation or

discovery; and 

(4) the denials of factual contentions are warranted on the

evidence or, if specifically so identified, are reasonably based on a

lack of information or belief.

I further certify that my signature on this document shall serve as an original

signature on the above-referenced Amended Complaint for the purposes of Local Rule of

Civil Procedure 3.4(a) and Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

EXECUTED on this______day of______________________________, 2011.

(Signature of Plaintiff)

Juan F. Delacruz

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