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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

CHARLES W. WINDHAM,

 Plaintiff,

v.

M. MARIN, et al., 

Defendants.

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1:14-cv-01636-DAD-BAM (PC)

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S 

REQUEST TO ORDER DEFENDANTS TO 

SUBMIT A “VERIFIED” ANSWER TO THE 

COMPLAINT

(ECF No. 37)

Plaintiff Charles W. Windham (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this 

civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action proceeds on Plaintiff’s Eighth 

Amendment claims of excessive force against Defendants M. Marin, D. Uribe, W. Rasley, J. 

Contreras, A. Capano, R. Rubio, and Doe #1, and for deliberate indifference to serious medical

needs against Defendants C. Navarro, V. Morales, M. Marin, and S. Shiver. 

Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s request for the Court to order Defendants to 

submit a verified answer, in which Plaintiff argues that Defendants should be required to submit 

a verified answer to his complaint. (ECF No. 36). Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11(a), 

every pleading must be signed by at least one attorney of record in the attorney’s name, but 

“[u]nless a rule or statute specifically states otherwise, a pleading need not be verified or 

accompanied by affidavit.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(a). The answer here is signed by Defendants’

counsel of record, and there is no rule or statute in the circumstances of this case requiring any 

verified answer.

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff’s request for the Court to order 

Defendants to submit a verified answer (ECF No. 37) is DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 23, 2015 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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