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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

RODNEY C. BUCKLEY, JR.,

Plaintiff,

v.

G. ALVAREZ, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No.: 1:22-cv-01514-CDB

ORDER STRIKING COMPLAINT

(Doc. 1)

ORDER DIRECTING PLAINTIFF TO FILE 

A SIGNED COMPLAINT WITHIN THIRTY 

(30) DAYS

Plaintiff Rodney C. Buckley, Jr., is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil 

rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. section 1983. 

It has come to this Court’s attention that Plaintiff’s complaint filed November 24, 2022,1

is not signed. (See Doc. 1 at 6, 15.) Both the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and this Court’s 

Local Rules require that all filed pleadings, motions and papers be signed by at least one attorney 

of record or by the party personally if the party is unrepresented. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(a); Local 

Rule 131(b).

Because the complaint is not signed by Plaintiff, the Court must strike it from the record. 

Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(a). Plaintiff will be permitted an opportunity to file a signed complaint, within 

1 The Court recognizes the significant passage of time following Plaintiff’s filing of the complaint in this Court, 

which is one of the busiest district courts in the nation. Delays, while unfortunate, are inevitable. The Court sincerely 

regrets the delay in addressing Plaintiff’s complaint.

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30 days of the date of this order, that complies with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the 

Local Rules. The Court will direct the Clerk of the Court to provide Plaintiff with a copy of his 

complaint filed November 24, 2022, as a one-time courtesy and for Plaintiff’s ease of reference, 

as well as a blank civil rights complaint form. Finally, Plaintiff is advised that any properly 

signed and filed complaint will be screened without delay upon its submission. 

CONCLUSION AND ORDER

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The complaint filed November 24, 2022 (Doc. 1) is STRICKEN; 

2. The Clerk of the Court is DIRECTED to provide Plaintiff with a copy of the 

complaint filed November 24, 2022, as a one-time courtesy. The Clerk is FURTHER 

DIRECTED to serve a blank civil rights complaint form with this order; and

3. Within thirty (30) days of the date of service of this order, Plaintiff SHALL file a 

signed complaint. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 10, 2025 ___________________ _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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