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Parties Involved:
Nicholas Martin Cummings
Petitioner
People Of California
Respondent

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

NICHOLAS MARTIN CUMMINGS, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA, 

Respondent. 

No. 2:16-cv-2572-EFB P 

ORDER 

 Petitioner proceeds without counsel and seeks a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 

U.S.C. § 2254. His petition is not signed, and he has neither paid the filing fee nor sought leave 

to proceed in forma pauperis. 

The court cannot conduct the required review of the petition because petitioner has not 

signed it. See ECF No. 1 at 15. Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure requires that 

“[e]very pleading, written motion, and other paper . . . be signed by at least one attorney of record 

in the attorney’s name—or by a party personally if the party is unrepresented.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 

11(a). Because petitioner is not represented by counsel and did not sign the petition himself, it 

will be disregarded. 

 Petitioner has not filed an in forma pauperis affidavit or paid the required filing fee 

($5.00). See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a); 1915(a). He will be provided the opportunity to either submit 

the appropriate affidavit in support of a request to proceed in forma pauperis or submit the 

appropriate filing fee. 

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. The Clerk of the Court shall strike the petition (ECF No. 1) from the docket. 

2. Within thirty days, petitioner shall file a signed petition using the form employed by 

this court and stating all claims and prayers for relief. 

3. Petitioner shall submit, within thirty days from the date of this order, an affidavit in 

support of his request to proceed in forma pauperis or the appropriate filing fee. 

4. Petitioner’s failure to comply with this order may result in this action being dismissed. 

5. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send petitioner the court’s form application for 

writ of habeas corpus and application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. 

DATED: November 3, 2016. 

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