Opinion
24-CV-0075 (LTS)
01-22-2024
KAREEM H. CULBRETH, Plaintiff, v. ORANGE COUNTY JAIL; DANIEL CAPPELI; JOSEPH CAPPELI; JOHN DOE, Defendants.
ORDER DIRECTING ORIGINAL SIGNATURE
LAURA TAYLOR SWAIN, CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE:
Plaintiff brings this action pro se.Plaintiff submitted the complaint 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.” See also Local Civil Rule 11.1(a). The Supreme Court 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).
In response to an order, Plaintiff submitted a prisoner authorization form in this action. Plaintiff also filed another action, Kareem v. Wellpath, No. 24-CV-0090 (LTS) (S.D.N.Y.), for which the Court has not yet received his prisoner authorization form.
Plaintiff is directed to resubmit the signature page of the complaint with an original signature to the Court within thirty days of the date of this order. A copy of the signature page is attached to this order.
No summons shall issue at this time. If Plaintiff complies with this order, the case 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, the action will be dismissed without prejudice.
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.