Sample v. Matterson

Filing 4

ORDER DIRECTING PLAINTIFF TO SIGN COMPLAINT (SI, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/8/2009) (Additional attachment(s) added on 4/10/2009: # 1 cs) (ys, COURT STAFF).

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 United United States District Court For the Northern District of California 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Dated: April 8, 2009 SUSAN ILLSTON United States District Judge IT IS SO ORDERED. v. DEPUTY MATTERSON, Defendant. / FELITA SAMPLE, Plaintiff, No. C 09-01416 SI ORDER DIRECTING PLAINTIFF TO SIGN COMPLAINT IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Plaintiff filed a complaint on April 1, 2009. The complaint is not signed. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11(a) requires that every paper filed in an action shall be signed by the attorney of record. If a party is not represented by an attorney, the party must sign his or her own filings. Fed. R. Civ. Pro. 11(a). The Court must strike any unsigned paper unless the omission of the signature is corrected promptly after being called to the party's attention. Id. The clerk is directed to send a copy of the complaint to plaintiff. Plaintiff shall sign and file the complaint promptly. Only thereafter will the Court review the other matters presented by plaintiff, including her application to proceed in forma pauperis .