Branscomb v. Estes

Filing 17

ORDER Striking Supplement to Complaint 13 , signed by Magistrate Judge Stanley A. Boone on 11/26/13. (Verduzco, M)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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KERRY BRANSCOMB,
Plaintiff,

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ORDER STRIKING SUPPLEMENT TO
COMPLAINT

v.

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Case No. 1:13-cv-01257-AWI-SAB

CHRISTOPHER ESTES,

(ECF No. 13)

Defendant.

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On November 18, 2013, Plaintiff’s first amended complaint was screened and dismissed

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with leave to amend for failure to state a claim. On this same date, Plaintiff filed an unsigned
supplement to his complaint. Pursuant to Local Rule 220, every pleading must be complete in
itself without reference to a prior or superseded pleading. Plaintiff may not amend his complaint
with a supplemental pleading. Additionally, unsigned documents cannot be considered by the
Court. Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(a); Local Rule 131(b).
Accordingly, Plaintiff’s supplement to the complaint is HEREBY STRICKEN from the

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record.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated:

November 26, 2013
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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