Baughman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KENNETH ALLAN ACQUAH, No. 2:19-cv-1470 DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER DAVID BAUGHMAN, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff’s complaint was filed here on July 31, 2019. However, the complaint is dated August 15, 2019, after its filing here, and it is not signed. The court cannot consider unsigned filings, and the complaint must therefore be stricken from the record. Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(a); E.D. Cal. R. 131. Plaintiff will be provided thirty (30) days to file a signed and appropriately dated complaint. Below, the court sets out the pleading standards and the legal standards which appear to apply to plaintiff’s claims. I. Pleading Standards The court is required to screen complaints brought by prisoners seeking relief against a governmental entity or an officer or employee of a governmental entity. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). The…