Opinion
2:22-cv-01694-KJM-JDP
10-09-2022
TINA LOUISE ROBERTS, Plaintiff, v. BRIAN BOWMAN, et al., Defendants.
ORDER DIRECTING PLAINTIFF TO FILE A SIGNED APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS
JEREMY D. PETERSON, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE.
Plaintiff filed a complaint together with an unsigned application to proceed in forma pauperis. ECF Nos. 1 & 2. Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure requires that “[e]very pleading, written motion, and other paper . . . 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). Because the application to proceed in forma pauperis is not signed, ECF No. 2, it will be disregarded. Within thirty days, plaintiff shall submit either a signed and completed application to proceed in forma pauperis or pay the $402 filing fee.
Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that:
1. Plaintiff's unsigned application to proceed in forma pauperis, ECF No. 2, is disregarded.
2. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send plaintiff the form application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis used in this court.
3. Within thirty days of the date of this order, plaintiff shall submit either a signed and completed application to proceed in forma pauperis or pay the $402 filing fee.
4. Failure to comply with this order may result in a recommendation that this action be dismissed.
IT IS SO ORDERED.