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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

JESUS DE LEON,

Plaintiff,

v.

KATHLEEN ALLISON, et al.,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 1:13-cv-00257-SAB (PC)

ORDER STRIKING UNSIGNED COMPLAINT

AND REQUIRING PLAINTIFF TO FILE

SIGNED COMPLAINT WITHIN THIRTY

DAYS

(ECF No. 1) 

Plaintiff Jesus De Leon, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights action

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on February 21, 2013. However, Plaintiff neglected to sign his

complaint, and unsigned documents cannot be considered by the Court. Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(a); Local

Rule 131(b). 

Plaintiff is further advised that his signed complaint must comply with Federal Rule of Civil

Procedure 8(a). Under Rule 8(a), a complaint must contain “a short and plain statement of the claim

showing that the pleader is entitled to relief.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a)(2). “[T]he pleading standard Rule

8 announces does not require ‘detailed factual allegations,’ but it demands more than an unadorned,

the-defendant-unlawfully-harmed-me accusation.” Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 129 S. Ct. 1937, 1949 (2009)

(quoting Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 554, 555 (2007)). 

Under section 1983, Plaintiff must demonstrate that each defendant personally participated

in the deprivation of his rights. Jones v. Williams, 297 F.3d 930, 934 (9th Cir. 2002). This requires

the presentation of factual allegations sufficient to state a plausible claim for relief. Iqbal, 129 S. Ct.

at 1949-50; Moss v. U.S. Secret Serv., 572 F.3d 962, 969 (9th Cir. 2009). “[A] complaint [that]

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pleads facts that are ‘merely consistent with’ a defendant’s liability . . . ‘stops short of the line

between possibility and plausibility of entitlement to relief.’” Iqbal, 129 S. Ct. at 1949 (quoting

Twombly, 550 U.S. at 557). Further, although a court must accept as true all factual allegations

contained in a complaint, a court need not accept a plaintiff’s legal conclusions as true. Iqbal, 129

S. Ct. at 1949. “Threadbare recitals of the elements of a cause of action, supported by mere

conclusory statements, do not suffice.” Id. (quoting Twombly, 550 U.S. at 555). 

Accordingly, it is HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s complaint is hereby STRICKEN from the record;

2. Plaintiff shall file a signed complaint within thirty (30) days from the date of service

of this order;

3. The Clerk’s Office shall send Plaintiff a civil rights complaint form; and

4. The failure to comply with this order will result in dismissal of this action,

without prejudice.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: February 26, 2013 

i1eed4 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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