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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

Plaintiff Latroy Taylor (“Plaintiff”), a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in 

this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, initiated this action on April 4, 2014. (ECF No. 

1.) On January 7, 2015, the Court dismissed Plaintiff’s complaint with leave to amend. (ECF No. 8.) 

Plaintiff filed an amended complaint on February 13, 2015, (ECF No. 11), and on March 2, 2015, the 

Court dismissed that first amended complaint with leave to amend, (ECF No. 12). On April 1, 2015, 

Plaintiff filed his second amended complaint, (ECF No. 15), and on August 6, 2015, the Court 

dismissed that complaint and granted Plaintiff one last chance to amend his complaint, (ECF No. 20).

On August 17, 2015, Plaintiff filed a motion for a ninety-day extension of time to file his third 

amended complaint. (ECF No. 21.) The Court notes that Plaintiff’s motion is unsigned. Both the 

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and this Court's Local Rules require that all filed pleadings, motions 

LATROY TAYLOR,

 Plaintiff,

v.

LANCE ARAKAKI, et al.,

Defendants.

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Case No.: 1:14-cv-00479-BAM (PC)

ORDER REQUIRING PLAINTIFF TO PROVIDE 

SIGNATURE ON MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF 

TIME TO FILE AN AMENDED COMPLAINT OR 

HAVE MOTION STRICKEN FOR FAILURE TO 

COMPLY WITH RULE 11

(ECF No. 21)

FOURTEEN-DAY DEADLINE

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and papers be signed by at least one attorney of record or by the party personally if the party is 

unrepresented. Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(a); Local Rule 131(b). Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11(a) 

further provides that a court must strike an unsigned paper unless the omission is promptly corrected 

after being called to the attorney’s or party’s attention. Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(a). As a result, the Court 

cannot consider Plaintiff’s motion, but it will allow him fourteen days within which to correct the 

omission of his signature from his motion should he wish for the Court to consider it. 

For these reasons, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

Plaintiff is granted fourteen days from the date of service of this order in which to resubmit his 

motion for an extension of time to amend his complaint with the appropriate signature, if he wants the 

Court to decide his motion. Failure to comply with this order will result in Plaintiff’s motion for an 

extension of time being stricken.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 20, 2015 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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