Baker v. German, et al.

Filing 9

ORDER STRIKING 8 Plaintiff's Motion to Appoint Counsel for Lack of Signature signed by Magistrate Judge Stanley A. Boone on 1/9/2017. (Jessen, A)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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DOMINIQUE D. BAKER,
Plaintiff,

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v.

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HUMBERTO GERMAN, et al.,
Defendants.

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ORDER STRIKING PLAINTIFF’S SECOND
MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL,
FOR LACK OF SIGNATURE
[ECF No. 8]

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983.
Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s second motion for appointment of counsel, filed

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Case No.: 1:16-cv-01873-SAB (PC)

Plaintiff Dominique Baker is appearing pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action

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January 6, 2017.
On January 3, 2017, Plaintiff filed an almost identical motion for appointment of counsel

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which was denied, without prejudice, on January 5, 2017. Plaintiff’s second motion appointment of

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counsel is procedurally deficient because Plaintiff failed to sign the motion as required by Rule 11(a)

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of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Local Rule 131(b). Thus, Plaintiff’s second motion for

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the appointment of counsel shall be stricken from the record.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated:

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January 9, 2017
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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