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Nature of Suit Code: 510
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Vacate Sentence
Cause of Action: 28:2255 Motion to Vacate / Correct Illegal Sentence

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 

United States of America, 

Plaintiff, 

 v. 

Alvin Franke Bennett, 

Defendant/Movant. 

No. CV 15-8046-PCT-SMM (MHB) 

 CR 07-0238-PCT-SMM 

 O R D E R 

 On March 30, 2015, Movant Alvin Franke Bennett, who is confined in the United 

States Penitentiary-Lewisburg in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, filed an unsigned pro se

Motion Under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct Sentence by a Person in 

Federal Custody. 

I. Movant’s § 2255 Motion is Unsigned

 Movant did not sign his § 2255 Motion. The § 2255 Motion must be signed by 

Movant under penalty of perjury. See 28 U.S.C. § 2242; Rule 2(b)(5) of the Rules 

Governing Section 2255 Proceedings; Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(a); LRCiv 3.5(a). 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). 

 Because the § 2255 Motion is unsigned, Movant will be given 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 Movant’s signature on the 

Certificate will serve as an original signature, under penalty of perjury, on his § 2255 

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Motion for the purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 2242, Rule 2(b)(5) of the Rules Governing 

Section 2255 Proceedings, Rule 11(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and Rule 

3.5(a) of the Local Rules of Civil Procedure. 

 If Movant fails to file a completed and signed Certificate on the form provided 

with this Order, within 30 days, the Clerk of Court will, without further notice, strike his 

§ 2255 Motion and dismiss this case. 

II. Warnings 

 A. Address Changes

 Movant 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. Movant must not include a motion 

for other relief with a notice of change of address. Failure to comply may result in 

dismissal of this § 2255 action. 

B. Copies

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

LRCiv 5.4. Failure to comply with this requirement may result in the filing being 

stricken without further notice to Movant. 

C. Possible Dismissal

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

these warnings, the Court may dismiss this § 2255 action without further notice. See

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, Movant must file a completed 

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

Movant’s signature on the Certificate will serve as an original signature, under penalty of 

perjury, on his § 2255 Motion for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 2242, Rule 2(b)(5) of the 

Rules Governing Section 2255 Proceedings, Rule 11(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure, and Rule 3.5(a) of the Local Rules of Civil Procedure. 

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 (2) If Movant fails to file a completed and signed Certificate on the form 

provided with this Order, within 30 days, the § 2255 Motion (Doc. 16 in CR 07-0238-

PCT-SSM) will be stricken and the Clerk of Court must, without further notice, enter a 

judgment of dismissal without prejudice of the civil action (CV 15-8046-PCT-SMM 

(MHB)) opened in connection with the § 2255 Motion. 

 (3) The Clerk of Court must mail Movant the Certificate form. 

 DATED this 3rd day of April, 2015. 

Honorable Stephen M. McNamee

Senior United States District Judge

 

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______________________________

______________________________ 

______________________________ 

(Your Name and Address) 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 

United States of America, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

Alvin Franke Bennett, 

Defendant/Movant. 

No. CV 15-8046-PCT-SMM (MHB) 

 CR 07-0238-PCT-SMM 

 CERTIFICATE 

I, Alvin Franke Bennett, hereby certify: 

I have read the pro se § 2255 Motion filed by me on March 30, 2015, 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 a 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 support after a reasonable opportunity for further 

investigation or discovery; and 

. . . . 

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(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, under penalty of perjury, on the above-referenced § 2255 Motion for the 

purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 2242, Rule 2(b)(5) of the Rules Governing Section 2255 

Proceedings, Rule 11(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and Rule 3.5(a) of the 

Local Rules of Civil Procedure. 

 

EXECUTED on this ______ day of ______________________________, 2015. 

 ________________________________ 

 (Signature of Movant) 

 Alvin Franke Bennett 

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