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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

DIJON KINNEY,

Plaintiff,

v.

P.D. BRAZELTON, et al.,

Defendants.

CASE NO. 1:14-cv-00503-AWI-MJS (PC)

ORDER STRIKING ECF NO. 88

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil 

rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The action proceeds against 

Defendant Flores on Plaintiff’s Eighth Amendment claims for inadequate medical care 

and cruel and unusual punishment.

On May 27, 2016, the undersigned issued an order denying Plaintiff’s third motion 

to reopen discovery, but also requiring Defendant to undertake certain efforts to resolve 

specified discovery disputes. (ECF No. 56.) Defendant objected to that order. (ECF No. 

64.) On October 19, 2016, the District Judge overruled the objections and referred the 

matter back to the undersigned. (ECF No. 71.)

Before the Court is Plaintiff’s December 30, 2106 “Response” to the District 

Judge’s order. (ECF No. 88.) The response does not seek relief from the order. Instead, 

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it appears to be a belated opposition to Defendant’s objections, which, as stated, have 

been ruled on. 

More significantly, however, the response is not signed by Plaintiff. See Fed. R. 

Civ. P. 11(a). It bears a proof of service dated December 16, 2016 and signed by an 

inmate named William Long at the La Palma Correctional Facility in Eloy, Arizona. 

Plaintiff was moved from La Palma on or before October 17, 2016. Absent Plaintiff’s 

signature, there is nothing to indicate that this filing was authorized by Plaintiff. 

Accordingly, ECF No. 88 is HEREBY STRICKEN because it is unsigned. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 2, 2017 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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