Doolen v. Bledsoe et al

Filing 4

ORDER: The Clerk is directed to return the plaintiff's unsigned application to him. The plaintiff is granted 14 days from the date of entry of this order on the docket in which to sign the application and resubmit it to the Clerk's Office. Signed by District Judge Aleta A. Trauger on 9/23/13. (xc:Pro se party by regular w/ original application and certified mail.)(DOCKET TEXT SUMMARY ONLY-ATTORNEYS MUST OPEN THE PDF AND READ THE ORDER.)(dt)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
NASHVILLE DIVISION

MARK DOOLEN, JR.
Plaintiff,
v.
SHERIFF JEFF BLEDSOE, et al.
Defendants.

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No. 3:13-0905
Judge Trauger

O R D E R
The Court has before it a pro se prisoner complaint (Docket
Entry No.1) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and an application to proceed
in forma pauperis (Docket Entry No.2).
Unfortunately,

the

plaintiff

has

neglected

to

sign

the

application to proceed in forma pauperis. As a consequence, the
Court can not yet rule upon the merits of the application. See Rule
11(a), Fed. R. Civ. P. (an unsigned pleading shall be stricken
unless omission of the signature is corrected promptly).
Accordingly, the Clerk is directed to return the plaintiff’s
unsigned application to him. The plaintiff is granted fourteen (14)
days from the date of entry of this order on the docket in which to
sign the application and resubmit it to the Clerk’s Office.
The plaintiff is forewarned that, should he fail to comply
with the instructions of the Court in a timely manner, the Court
will presume that he is not a pauper, his application will be

denied, he will be assessed the filing fee, and this action will be
dismissed for want of prosecution.
It is so ORDERED.

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Aleta A. Trauger
United States District Judge