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Parties Involved:
Alex Leonard Azevedo
Plaintiff
Colusa County Jail
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALEX LEONARD AZEVEDO,

Plaintiff,

v.

COLUSA COUNTY JAIL,

Defendant.

No. 2:16-cv-2790 CKD P

ORDER

Plaintiff, a county jail inmate, has filed a letter to the court concerning conditions at the 

Colusa County Jail. (ECF No. 1.) This letter is not accompanied by the court’s form to 

commence a prisoner civil rights action – indicating, e.g., whether administrative remedies have 

been exhausted – and does not constitute a proper pleading. Plaintiff has filed additional 

documents (ECF Nos. 9 & 10) which do not cure the defects of this pleading. 

In order to commence an action, plaintiff must file a complaint as required by Rule 3 of 

the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The court will not issue any orders granting or denying 

relief until an action has been properly commenced. 

Plaintiff has also filed a motion to proceed in forma pauperis that makes the showing 

required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). (ECF No. 8.) The court will grant plaintiff’s motion if and 

when a proper complaint is filed in this action.

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send plaintiff the court’s form for filing a civil 

rights action; 

2. Plaintiff is granted thirty days from the date of service of this order to file a complaint 

that complies with the requirements of the Civil Rights Act, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 

and the Local Rules of Practice. The complaint must bear the docket number assigned this case. 

Plaintiff’s failure to comply with this order will result in a recommendation that this matter be 

dismissed; and

3. The Clerk of Court is directed to rename the filing at ECF No. 1 “Letter Concerning 

Jail Conditions” in the docket of this action. 

Dated: January 3, 2017

2 / azev2790.nocompl

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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