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Nature of Suit Code: 560
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Civil Detainee - Conditions of Confinement
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ARCHIE CRANFORD, 

 Plaintiff,

 vs.

RENEE MEDINA, et al.,

 Defendants.

1:13-cv-00210-GSA-PC

ORDER STRIKING THIRD AMENDED 

COMPLAINT FOR LACK OF SIGNATURE

(Doc. 22.)

ORDER FOR PLAINTIFF TO FILE A 

FOURTH AMENDED COMPLAINT 

BEARING HIS SIGNATURE WITHIN 

THIRTY DAYS

I. BACKGROUND

Archie Cranford (APlaintiff@) is a civil detainee proceeding pro se with this civil rights 

action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. ' 1983. Plaintiff filed the Complaint initiating this action on 

February 8, 2013. (Doc. 1.) On June 11, 2014, Plaintiff filed the Third Amended Complaint. 

(Doc. 22.) 

II. DISCUSSION

The Third Amended Complaint is unsigned. (Doc. 22 at 6.) All filings submitted to the 

court must bear the signature of the filing party. Local Rule 131; Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(a). 

Accordingly, Plaintiff's Third Amended Complaint shall be stricken from the record for lack of 

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signature. Plaintiff shall be afforded an opportunity to file a Fourth Amended Complaint which 

bears his signature and is signed under penalty of perjury.

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III. CONCLUSION

Based on the foregoing, it is HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff=s Third Amended Complaint, filed on June 11, 2014, is STRICKEN 

from the record for lack of Plaintiff=s signature, with leave to amend;

2. The Clerk=s Office shall send Plaintiff a civil rights complaint form;

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

a Fourth Amended Complaint which bears Plaintiff=s signature and is signed 

under penalty of perjury;

4. Plaintiff shall caption the amended complaint AFourth Amended Complaint@ and 

refer to the case number 1:13-cv-00210-GSA-PC; and

5. If Plaintiff fails to comply with this order, this action will be dismissed for 

failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 7, 2015 /s/ Gary S. Austin 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

 

1 The Fourth Amended Complaint must be dated and signed by Plaintiff, attesting under penalty 

of perjury to facts known by the declarant, in substantially the following form: AI declare under penalty of perjury 

that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on (date) . (Signature).@ Such a declaration, if properly prepared, 

is admissible in federal court with the same effect as an affidavit. 28 U.S.C. ' 1746.

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