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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 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

PAUL DAVID CARR, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

DANIEL E. CUEVA, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:24-cv-01680 AC 

ORDER 

 

Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding without counsel, filed a civil rights action pursuant to 

42 U.S.C. § 1983. However, plaintiff did not sign the complaint. It appears to the court that this 

defect may have been caused because only pages one and three of the complaint were 

electronically submitted by the prison where plaintiff is confined. See ECF No. 1-1 (Civil Cover 

Sheet for E-Filing From CDCR Only). 

Parties proceeding without counsel are required to sign all pleadings, motions, and other 

papers submitted to the court for filing. Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(a). Plaintiff has not properly 

commenced this action until a signed complaint has been submitted to the court. Thus, the court 

is unable to consider plaintiff’s complaint at this juncture. Furthermore, the court will take no 

action on plaintiff’s motion for a preliminary injunction that was constructively filed on August 

14, 2024 until a signed complaint has been filed in this case. 

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 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that within thirty days from the date of this 

order, plaintiff shall re-file a signed complaint. Plaintiff’s failure to comply with this order will 

result in a recommendation that this action be dismissed. 

DATED: August 23, 2024 

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