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Parties Involved:
Charles A. Edwards
Plaintiff
D. Smith
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CHARLES A. EDWARDS,

 Plaintiff,

 vs.

D. SMITH, et al.,

 Defendants.

1:20-cv-01822-GSA-PC

ORDER STRIKING SECOND

AMENDED COMPLAINT FOR LACK

OF SIGNATURE

(ECF No. 14.)

ORDER FOR PLAINTIFF TO FILE A 

SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT 

BEARING HIS SIGNATURE WITHIN 

THIRTY DAYS

Charles A. Edwards (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma 

pauperis with this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On December 28, 2020, 

Plaintiff filed the Complaint commencing this action. (ECF No. 1.) 

On June 17, 2020, Plaintiff filed the Second Amended Complaint. (ECF No. 14.) The 

Second Amended Complaint is not signed by Plaintiff. All filings submitted to the court must 

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

Second Amended Complaint shall be stricken from the record, with leave to amend within thirty 

days.

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s Second Amended Complaint, filed on June 17, 2020, is STRICKEN 

from the record for lack of signature;

2. The Clerk’s Office shall send Plaintiff a § 1983 form complaint; 

3. Within thirty days from the date of service of this order, Plaintiff is required to 

file a Third Amended Complaint bearing Plaintiff’s original signature; and

4. Plaintiff’s failure to comply with this order shall result in the dismissal of this

case.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 21, 2022 /s/ Gary S. Austin 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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