(PC)Henderson v. California Medical Facility

Filing 7

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman on 7/15/2021 ORDERING within 14 days from the date of this order, Plaintiff to re-file objections bearing his signature. (Henshaw, R)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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HERBERT HENDERSON,

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Plaintiff,

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v.

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No. 2:21-cv-0790 KJN P

ORDER

CALIFORNIA MEDICAL FACILITY,

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Defendant.

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Plaintiff, a state prisoner, proceeds pro se with a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C.

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§ 1983. On June 17, 2021, the undersigned recommended this action be dismissed based on

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plaintiff’s failure to either file an in forma pauperis affidavit or pay the required filing fee of

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$350.00 plus the $52.00 administrative fee. 1 See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a), 1915(a). On July 6,

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2021, plaintiff filed objections; however, he failed to sign the objections. 2
Parties proceeding without counsel are required to sign all pleadings, motions, and other

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papers submitted to the court for filing. Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(a). Thus, the court is unable to
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If leave to file in forma pauperis is granted, plaintiff will still be required to pay the filing fee
but will be allowed to pay it in installments. Litigants proceeding in forma pauperis are not
required to pay the $52.00 administrative fee.
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It appears plaintiff may have attempted to “electronically” sign the document by typing /s/.
(ECF No. 6 at 2.) However, the “/s/” indicia is insufficient for pro se prisoners who are not
granted access to the court’s CM/ECF electronic filing system.
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consider plaintiff’s objections unless he signs and re-files the objections. Accordingly, plaintiff is

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provided an opportunity to re-file the objections bearing his signature. Failure to submit the

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signed objections will result in an order striking the unsigned objections from the record, and the

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undersigned will forward the findings and recommendations to the district court for review and

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adoption.

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Therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that within fourteen days from the date of this

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order, plaintiff shall re-file the objections bearing his signature.

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Dated: July 15, 2021

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/hend0790.r11

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