Parks et al v. Alphera Financial Services et al

Filing 7

ORDER that Plaintiff's 5 "Motion to Present, Trust Account Statement" is granted in part to the extent he is seeking to file with the Court his uncertified inmate bank account statement and denied in part as to any other relief he may be requesting. Denying 4 Application/Motion for Leave to Proceed in forma pauperis. Plaintiff's Complaint (Doc. 1) and this action are dismissed without prejudice, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). If Plaintiff wishes to reassert these claims in the future, he must prepay the entire $350.00 filing fee when he files his action. The Clerk of Court must enter judgment accordingly and close this case. Signed by Judge G Murray Snow on 10/17/12. (DMT)

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1 WO MDR 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Edward F. Parks, et al., Plaintiffs, 10 11 vs. 12 Aphera Financial Services, et al., Defendants. 13 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) No. CV 12-8149-PCT-GMS (DKD) ORDER 14 15 On July 30, 2012, Plaintiff Edward F. Parks, who is confined in the Arizona State 16 Prison Complex-Yuma in San Luis, Arizona, filed a pro se civil rights Complaint pursuant 17 to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. In an August 27, 2012 Order, the Court noted that Plaintiff had not paid 18 the filing fee or filed an Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis and gave Plaintiff 30 19 days to either pay the filing fee or file a complete Application to Proceed In Forma 20 Pauperis.1 21 On September 10, 2012, Plaintiff filed an Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis 22 (Doc. 4). Attached to the Application to Proceed was a statement by Plaintiff that his inmate 23 trust account statement was delayed and that he would mail it to the Court as soon as he 24 received it. On September 14, 2012, Plaintiff filed a “Motion to Present, Trust Account 25 26 27 28 1 The Court also noted that Plaintiff had listed Amelia Elen French as an additional Plaintiff in his Complaint and dismissed that individual because Plaintiff has no standing or authority to bring this action on her behalf. 1 Statement” (Doc. 5) and included with his Motion a printout of his Arizona Department of 2 Corrections inmate bank account statement. The printout is not certified by an authorized 3 officer of the institution and does not show deposits and average monthly balances, as 4 required. 5 I. Motion to Present 6 The Court will grant Plaintiff’s Motion to Present to the extent he is seeking to file 7 with the Court his uncertified inmate bank account statement. The Court will deny his 8 Motion to the extent he is seeking other relief. 9 II. A prisoner may not bring a civil action or appeal a civil judgment in forma pauperis 10 11 if: the prisoner has, on 3 or more prior occasions, while incarcerated or detained in any facility, brought an action or appeal in a court of the United States that was dismissed on the grounds that it is frivolous, malicious, or fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, unless the prisoner is under imminent danger of serious physical injury. 12 13 14 15 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 “Three Strikes Provision” of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). “[Section] 1915(g) should be used to deny a prisoner’s IFP status only when, after careful evaluation of the order dismissing an action, and other relevant information, the district court determines that the action was dismissed because it was frivolous, malicious or failed to state a claim.” Andrews v. King, 398 F.3d 1113, 1121 (9th Cir. 2005). “In some instances, the district court docket records may be sufficient to show that a prior dismissal satisfies at least one of the criteria under § 1915(g) and therefore counts as a strike.” Id. at 1120. At least three of Plaintiff’s prior actions were dismissed for failure to state a claim. See Parks v. Jensen, CV-07-8107-PCT-FJM (DKD) (D. Ariz. Sept. 2, 2008 Order of dismissal); Parks v. Holy, CV-09-406-HE (W.D. Okla. Oct. 14, 2009 Order of dismissal); and Parks v. Cornell Corrections of Oklahoma, CV-09-450-HE (W.D. Okla. Sept. 1, 2009 Order of dismissal). See also Parks v. McCluskey, 10-CV-8055-PCT-GMS (DKD) (May 24, 2012 Order listing Plaintiff’s strikes and dismissing case pursuant to § 1915(g)). Therefore, -2- 1 Plaintiff may not bring a civil action without complete prepayment of the $350.00 filing fee 2 unless he is in imminent danger of serious physical injury. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). 3 III. Imminent Danger 4 A plaintiff who has three or more strikes may not bring a civil action without complete 5 prepayment of the $350.00 filing fee unless he is in imminent danger of serious physical 6 injury. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). To meet the “imminent danger” requirement, the “threat or 7 prison condition [must be] real and proximate,” Ciarpaglini v. Saini, 352 F.3d 328, 330 (7th 8 Cir. 2003) (quoting Lewis v. Sullivan, 279 F.3d 526, 531 (7th Cir. 2002)), and the allegations 9 must be “specific or credible.” Kinnell v. Graves, 265 F.3d 1125, 1128 (10th Cir. 2001). 10 “[T]he availability of the [imminent danger] exception turns on the conditions a 11 prisoner faced at the time the complaint was filed, not some earlier or later time” Andrews 12 v. Cervantes, 493 F.3d 1047, 1053 (9th Cir. 2007). “[T]he exception applies if the complaint 13 makes a plausible allegation that the prisoner faced ‘imminent danger of serious physical 14 injury’ at the time of filing.” Id. at 1055. Claims concerning an “imminent danger of serious 15 physical injury” cannot be triggered solely by complaints of past abuse. See Ashley v. 16 Dilworth, 147 F.3d 715, 717 (8th Cir. 1998); Luedtke v. Bertrand, 32 F. Supp. 2d 1074, 1077 17 (E.D. Wis. 1999). 18 Plaintiff does not allege that he is in imminent danger of serious physical injury and 19 his allegations do not support such an allegation—his claims relate to the purchase and 20 repossession of a truck. Thus, the Court will deny the Application to Proceed and will 21 dismiss without prejudice Plaintiff’s Complaint and this action, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 22 § 1915(g). If Plaintiff wishes to reassert these claims in the future, he must prepay the entire 23 $350.00 filing fee when he files his action. 24 IT IS ORDERED: 25 (1) Plaintiff’s “Motion to Present, Trust Account Statement” (Doc. 5) is granted 26 in part to the extent he is seeking to file with the Court his uncertified inmate bank account 27 statement and denied in part as to any other relief he may be requesting. 28 (2) Plaintiff’s Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (Doc. 4) is denied. -3- 1 (3) Plaintiff’s Complaint (Doc. 1) and this action are dismissed without 2 prejudice, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). If Plaintiff wishes to reassert these claims in the 3 future, he must prepay the entire $350.00 filing fee when he files his action. 4 (4) The Clerk of Court must enter judgment accordingly and close this case. 5 DATED this 17th day of October, 2012. 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -4-

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