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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

MICHAEL J. SULLIVAN, 

 Plaintiff,

 vs.

M. D. BITER, et al.,

 Defendants.

1:12-cv-01662-AWI-EPG-PC

ORDER STRIKING PLAINTIFF’S 

OBJECTIONS FOR LACK OF SIGNATURE

(ECF No. 66.)

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF TWENTY 

DAYS TO FILE OBJECTIONS BEARING 

HIS SIGNATURE

TWENTY-DAY DEADLINE

Michael J. Sullivan (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma 

pauperis with this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed this case on 

June 6, 2012, at the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. (ECF 

No. 1.) The case was transferred to the Eastern District of California on October 9, 2012. 

(ECF No. 16.)

On June 6, 2016, Plaintiff filed Objections to the Court’s Findings and 

Recommendations entered on February 17, 2016. (ECF No. 66.) The Objections are not 

signed by Plaintiff. All filings submitted to the Court must bear the signature of the filing 

party. Local Rule 131; Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(a). Plaintiff’s Objections shall be stricken from the 

record for lack of signature. Plaintiff shall be granted twenty days in which to file Objections 

bearing his signature.

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff's Objections to the Findings and Recommendations, filed on June 6, 

2016, are STRICKEN from the record for lack of Plaintiff’s signature; and

2. Plaintiff is granted twenty days from the date of service of this order in which to 

file Objections bearing his signature.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 13, 2016 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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