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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 18:241 Conspiracy Against Citizen Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LYNN M. COLLINS, JAY & ANDREW

YOUNT FAMILY PRESERVATION

SOCIETY, INC., and JAY DEE YOUNT,

Plaintiffs,

v.

THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE

CITY OF MADERA, CALIFORNIA,

DENNIS WRIGHT, KENNY SHOETTLER

and WILLIE HIBDON,

Defendants.

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1:10-cv-00430 AWI GSA 

ORDER DIRECTING PLAINTIFFS TO

FILE AN AMENDED COMPLAINT

ORDER DENYING APPLICATION TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

(Document 2)

ORDER DIRECTING PLAINTIFFS TO

FILE APPLICATION TO PROCEED

WITHOUT PREPAYMENT OF FEES

AND AFFIDAVIT

ORDER RE PLAINTIFF’S SUBPOENAS

The Complaint

On March 10, 2010, Plaintiffs Lynn M. Collins, Jay & Andrew Yount Family

Preservation Society, Inc., and Jay Dee Yount filed a complaint in the above-entitled matter. 

(Doc. 1.) The Court notes however that the complaint is signed by only one Plaintiff: Jay Dee

Yount. The signature lines provided for Plaintiffs Lynn M. Collins and a representative of the

Jay & Andrew Yount Family Preservation Society, Inc. are unsigned. (See Doc. 1 at 9.) 

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Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provides, in pertinent part:

Every pleading, written motion, and other paper must be signed by at least

one attorney . . . or by a party personally if the party is unrepresented. . . . The

court must strike an unsigned paper unless the omission is promptly corrected

after being called to the attorney’s or party’s attention.

(Emphasis added.) Thus, Plaintiffs are notified that their complaint will be stricken unless an

amended complaint signed by all Plaintiffs is filed on or before April 19, 2010.

IFP Application

On March 10, 2010, Plaintiff Jay Dee Yount also filed an Application to Proceed In

Forma Pauperis. (Doc. 2.) The application was made using a form from the United States

District Court for the Northern District of California, rather than this district. Additionally, it is

noted that neither of the remaining two Plaintiffs have filed an application to proceed in forma

pauperis. 

In light of the above, the pending application is DENIED. The Clerk of the Court is

directed to serve Plaintiffs, simultaneous with this Order, with three separate sets of the Eastern

District Court’s Application to Proceed Without Prepayment of Fees and Affidavit form. Each

Plaintiff must submit a separate, signed application to proceed in forma pauperis, or pay the

$350.00 filing fee on or before April 19, 2010.

Subpoenas in a Civil Case

Plaintiffs also submitted a number of subpoenas to the Court at the time the complaint

was filed. The subpoenas are directed to a number of individuals identified as members of the

Madera Planning Commission, other named Defendants, and several individuals identified as

“hostile” witnesses. The Court will not issue subpoenas at this time.

Subject to certain requirements, and the procedures set forth in the Federal Rules of Civil

Procedure and this Court’s Local Rules, Plaintiffs may be entitled to the issuance of subpoenas. 

However, at this time, the issuance of any subpoena is premature. Discovery will commence

following the service of Plaintiffs’ signed, amended complaint. As for subpoenas directed to

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non-parties, Plaintiffs are cautioned they may be entitled to future issuance of subpoenas

commanding the production of documents from non-parties (Fed. R. Civ. P. 45), but only if the

documents sought from the non-party are discoverable, are not equally available to Plaintiffs, and

are not obtainable from Defendants through a request for production of documents. Fed. R. Civ.

P. 45(c); Fed. R. Civ. P. 34.

Additional Information

Lastly, Plaintiffs are advised that in cases where a plaintiff is proceeding in forma

pauperis, the Court must conduct an initial review of the complaint for sufficiency to state a

claim. The Court must dismiss a complaint or portion thereof if it determines that the action is

legally “frivolous or malicious,” fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, or seeks

monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such relief. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2). The

Court will direct the United States Marshal to serve a complaint only after the Court has screened

the complaint and determined that it contains cognizable claims for relief against the named

defendants. This Court has a large number of such cases pending before it and will screen any

amended complaint filed, assuming Plaintiffs apply for in forma pauperis status, in due course. 

CONCLUSION AND ORDER

1. Plaintiffs are DIRECTED to file an amended signed complaint no later than April

19, 2010;

2. Plaintiff Jay Dee Yount’s Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (Doc. 2) is

DENIED without prejudice;

3. The Clerk of the Court is DIRECTED to serve Plaintiffs with three of the Eastern

District Court’s Application to Proceed Without Prepayment of Fees and Affidavit

forms;

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4. Plaintiffs SHALL each file this Court’s Application to Proceed Without

Prepayment of Fees and Affidavit form, or pay the filing fee of $350.00, no later

than April 19, 2010; and 

5. Plaintiffs are advised that failure to comply with this Court’s order may result in

the dismissal of this action.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: March 18, 2010 /s/ Gary S. Austin 

6i0kij UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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