King v. Lombardi et al

Filing 6

ORDER -...IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff's Motion for Clarification is GRANTED. [Doc. 5] IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall correct the docket sheet to reflect the correct spelling of defendant Brad Rent fro's name, and to include the name of omitted defendant Stan Jackson. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk shall return the original Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (Doc. 2) and Motion to Appoint Counsel (Doc. 4) to plaintiff bec ause they are unsigned. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that plaintiff shall sign the Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (Doc. 2) and, if he chooses, the Motion to Appoint Counsel (Doc. 4), and return them to the Court by April 3, 2017. IT IS FURT HER ORDERED that if plaintiff fails to timely return the signed Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis, this case will be dismissed without prejudice. ( Response to Court due by 4/3/2017.) Signed by District Judge Charles A. Shaw on 3/13/2017. (MRC)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
EASTERN DIVISION

TONY RAY KING,
Plaintiff,
v.
GEORGE LOMBARDI, et al.,
Defendants.

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No. 4:17-CV-742 CAS

ORDER
This matter is before the Court on plaintiff’s Motion for Clarification. Plaintiff states that
the name of one defendant, Brad Rentfro, is misspelled on the docket sheet, and that another
defendant, Stan Jackson, has been omitted from the docket sheet. Plaintiff is correct, and the Clerk
of the Court will be directed to modify the docket sheet to correct these errors.
On review of the file, it appears that plaintiff’s Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (Doc.
2) and Motion to Appoint Counsel (Doc. 4) are not signed by plaintiff. “The court must strike an
unsigned paper unless the omission is promptly corrected after being called to the . . . party’s
attention.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 11. The Court will order the Clerk to return the two motions to plaintiff
so that he may sign and return them to the Court for filing.
Accordingly,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s Motion for Clarification is GRANTED. [Doc.
5]
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall correct the docket sheet to
reflect the correct spelling of defendant Brad Rentfro’s name, and to include the name of omitted
defendant Stan Jackson.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk shall return the original Motion to Proceed In
Forma Pauperis (Doc. 2) and Motion to Appoint Counsel (Doc. 4) to plaintiff because they are
unsigned.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that plaintiff shall sign the Motion to Proceed In Forma
Pauperis (Doc. 2) and, if he chooses, the Motion to Appoint Counsel (Doc. 4), and return them to
the Court by April 3, 2017.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that if plaintiff fails to timely return the signed Motion to
Proceed In Forma Pauperis, this case will be dismissed without prejudice.

CHARLES A. SHAW
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Dated this 13th day of March, 2017.

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