Williams v. Felts et al

Filing 4

ORDER directing Williams to either pay the $405 filing and administrative fees or file an application to proceed in forma pauperis by 2/3/2025; directing the Clerk to mail Williams an application to proceed in forma pauperis and a blank 1983 form; and denying without prejudice 2 motion for appointment of counsel. Signed by Judge D. P. Marshall Jr. on 1/3/2025. (jak)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
CENTRAL DIVISION
JERMAIN WILLIAMS
ADC # 175623
v.

PLAINTIFF
No. 4:24-cv-1039-DPM

JOHN FELTS, Chair, Arkansas
Post Prison Transfer Board;
BRENT MORGAN, Member,
Arkansas Post Prison Transfer
Board; LONA MCCASTLAIN,
Director, Arkansas Post Prison
Transfer Board; WILLIE ROBINSON,
Member, Arkansas Post Prison
Transfer Board; ANDY SHOCK,
Member, Arkansas Post Prison
Transfer Board; WENDY LYALS,
Member, Arkansas Post Prison
Transfer Board; SARAH HUCKABEE
SANDERS, Governor, Arkansas; and
DOUG SMITH, Member, Arkansas
Post Prison Transfer Board

DEFENDANTS

ORDER
1.

Williams hasn’t paid the filing and administrative fees

($405) or filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis. He must do
one or the other by 3 February 2025. If he doesn’t, his case will be
dismissed without prejudice. LOCAL RULE 5.5(c)(2).

2.

The Court directs the Clerk to mail Williams an application

to proceed in forma pauperis and a blank § 1983 form. If the Court
grants him permission to proceed in forma pauperis, then the
administrative fee will be waived, but Williams will have to pay the
$350 filing fee in monthly installments taken from his prisoner account.
28 U.S.C. § 1915(b).
3.

Williams’s motion for the appointment of counsel, Doc. 2, is

denied without prejudice. The case is young and not yet screened.
Plummer v. Grimes, 87 F.3d 1032, 1033 (8th Cir. 1996).
So Ordered.
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D.P. Marshall Jr.
United States District Judge
3 January 2025

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