McGill v. Inmate Services

Filing 2

ORDER directing the Clerk to forward an in forma pauperis application, calculation sheet, and certificate, to McGill. McGill must submit the full $400 filing and administrative fees or file a fully completed and signed in forma pauperis application within 30 days after the entry date of this Order. Service is not appropriate at this time. Signed by Magistrate Judge Patricia S. Harris on 3/13/2017. (jak)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
JONESBORO DIVISION
MICHAEL CHAD MCGILL
V.

PLAINTIFF
NO: 3:17CV00043 KGB/PSH

INMATE SERVICES

DEFENDANT

ORDER
Plaintiff Michael Chad McGill, who is currently held at the Craighead County Detention
Facility, filed a pro se complaint on March 9, 2017. McGill did not pay the $400.00 filing and
administrative fees, or file an application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. Accordingly, if
McGill intends to pursue this matter, he must submit, no later than 30 days after the entry date of
this order, either the full $350.00 filing fee and $50.00 administrative fee, or a signed application
for leave to proceed in forma pauperis, along with a trust fund calculation sheet and certificate,
signed by an authorized official. McGill’s failure to do so will result in the recommended dismissal
of his complaint.
Under the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995, a prisoner who is permitted to file a civil
action in forma pauperis still must pay the full statutory filing fee of $350.00, but the $50.00
administrative fee is waived. 28 U.S.C. §1915(b)(1). 28 U.S.C. §1915(b)(1). The only question
is whether a prisoner will pay the entire filing fee at the initiation of the proceeding or in
installments over a period of time. Ashley v. Dilworth, 147 F.3d 715, 716 (8th Cir. 1998). Even if
a prisoner is without assets and unable to pay an initial filing fee, he will be allowed to proceed with
his claims and the filing fee will be collected by the Court in installments from the prisoner’s inmate

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trust account. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(4).
If the prisoner’s case is subsequently dismissed for any reason, including a
determination that it is frivolous, malicious, fails to state a claim, or seeks monetary relief
against a defendant who is immune from such relief, the full amount of the filing and any
applicable administrative fees will be collected and no portion of the fees will be refunded to
the prisoner.
So that the Court can determine how the fees will be paid, McGill is required to submit, no
later than 30 days after this order’s entry date, either the full $400.00 filing and administrative fees,
or a fully completed and signed application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis, including a trust
fund calculation sheet and certificate signed by an authorized official. If McGill is granted in forma
pauperis status, the Court will assess an initial partial filing fee if sufficient funds exist, and will also
direct the future collection of monthly installment payments from his account until the $350.00 filing
fee is paid in full. Id. 1915(b)(1) and (2). However, no prisoner will be prohibited from bringing
a civil action because he “has no assets and no means by which to pay the initial partial filing fee.”
Id. 1915(b)(4).
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED THAT:
1.

The Clerk is directed to forward an in forma pauperis application, calculation sheet,

and certificate, to McGill.
2.

No later than 30 days after the entry date of this order, McGill must submit the full

$400.00 filing and administrative fees, or file a fully completed and signed in forma pauperis
application, along with the trust fund calculation sheet and certificate, signed by an authorized
official. McGill’s failure to do so will result in the recommended dismissal of his complaint.

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3.

Service is not appropriate at this time.

DATED this 13th day of March, 2017.

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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