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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 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MARK R. FRISBY, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:19-cv-2536-EFB P 

ORDER 

Mr. Frisby is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel. This action was opened when 

he filed a civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. ECF No. 1. He did not, however, 

properly commence a civil action because he did not sign his complaint. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 3. 

On December 19, 2019, the court informed Mr. Frisby that it could not review his 

complaint because he had not signed it. ECF No. 5 (citing Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(a) (requiring that 

“[e]very pleading, written motion, and other paper . . . be signed by at least one attorney of record 

in the attorney’s name—or by a party personally if the party is unrepresented.”)). The court also 

warned Mr. Frisby that this action would be closed if he did not file a signed complaint within 

thirty days. Those thirty days have passed and Mr. Frisby has not filed a signed complaint or 

otherwise responded to the court’s order. Thus, there is simply no case before the court. 

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 Accordingly, the Clerk of the Court is directed to close this case. 

DATED: January 29, 2020.

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