Opinion
1:21-CV-7156 (LTS)
08-26-2021
CHARLES CASTON, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA POLICE DEPARTMENT, et al., Defendants.
ORDER DIRECTING ORIGINAL SIGNATURE
LAURA TAYLOR SWAIN, Chief United States District Judge:
Plaintiff brings this action pro se. Plaintiff submitted a complaint and an application for a temporary restraining order without a signature. Rule 11(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provides that “[e]very pleading, written motion, and other paper must be signed by at least one attorney of record in the attorney's name - or by a party personally if the party is unrepresented.” Fed.R.Civ.P. 11(a); see Local Civil Rule 11.1(a). The Supreme Court of the United States has interpreted Rule 11(a) to require “as it did in John Hancock's day, a name handwritten (or a mark handplaced).” Becker v. Montgomery, 532 U.S. 757, 764 (2001).
To cure this filing deficiency, the Court directs Plaintiff to submit the attached declaration with his original signature to the court within thirty days of the date of this order.
The Clerk of Court is directed to mail a copy of this order to Plaintiff and note service on the docket. No summons shall issue at this time. If Plaintiff complies with this order, this action shall be processed in accordance with the procedures of the Clerk's Office. If Plaintiff fails to comply with this order within the time allowed, this action will be dismissed.
The Court certifies under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) that any appeal from this order would not be taken in good faith, and therefore in forma pauperis status is denied for the purpose of an appeal. Cf. Coppedge v United States, 369 U.S. 438, 444-45 (1962) (holding that appellant demonstrates good faith when seeking review of a nonfrivolous issue).
SO ORDERED.