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Parties Involved:
Santiago James Chavez Jr
Plaintiff
Sonya Dixon
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SANTIAGO JAMES CHAVEZ JR., 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

SONYA DIXON, 

Defendant. 

No. 2:24-cv-2491 DJC AC P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding without an attorney, filed a civil rights action 

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, along with a request to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). ECF 

Nos. 1, 2. However, plaintiff did not sign either document. On October 21, 2024, plaintiff was 

ordered to re-file a signed complaint and signed affidavit in support of his IFP request within 

thirty days. ECF No. 6. On December 9, 2024, after the deadline passed, this court issued 

findings and recommendations recommending that this action be dismissed without prejudice. 

ECF No. 7. Plaintiff was given fourteen days to file objections. Id. at 1-2. 

 On January 2, 2025, plaintiff filed a notice with the court stating that he tried to e-file the 

signed complaint and signed IFP in compliance with the court order, but the law librarian at High 

Desert State Prison told him he needed to mail it in. ECF No. 8 at 2. Plaintiff states that he did 

send it out. Id. He also states that he received the court’s findings and recommendations while 

on lockdown and hopes the court will reconsider its decision because he did comply with the 

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court order. Id. 

 Because it appears plaintiff attempted to comply with the court order and the signed 

documents have been lost, the court will withdraw its findings and recommendations and allow 

the plaintiff to re-file, by mail, the signed complaint and IFP application.1 

 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. The Findings and Recommendations at ECF No. 7 are withdrawn. 

2. Within thirty days from the date of this order, plaintiff shall re-file a signed 

complaint and signed and complete IFP application. Plaintiff’s failure to comply with this 

order will result in a recommendation that this action be dismissed. 

DATED: January 8, 2025 

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 Plaintiff is informed that pursuant to the Standing Order Regarding Procedural Rules for 

Electronic Submission of Prisoner Litigation Filed by Plaintiffs Incarcerated at Participating 

Penal Institution only the initiating filings by plaintiff, such as the complaint and IFP application, 

can be e-filed. After the initial filing, all other filings must be mailed. Re-filing the complaint 

and IFP applications as directed by the court due to deficiencies in the initial filings is considered 

a filing after the initial filing and therefore must be mailed. 

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