Jamie Marie Davis v. State of California et al

Filing 5

ORDER DISMISSING Complaint with Leave to Amend by Magistrate Judge Kenly Kiya Kato, re Complaint - (Referred),,,, 3 (Attachments: # 1 instructions for civil rights complaint, # 2 blank civil rights form) (dts)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILING A CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT BY A PRISONER GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
This package includes the following documents:
4 copies - complaint form
4 copies - declaration to proceed without prepayment of filing fees
In order for your complaint to be filed, you must submit the original and two copies of both the complaint and declaration
to the Clerk. The remaining copy of each is for you to keep for your records. Your complaint must be typewritten or legibly
handwritten in ink. You, the plaintiff, must sign and declare under penalty of perjury that the facts are correct. If you need
additional space to answer a question, you must use the reverse side of the form or an additional blank page. You must file
a separate complaint for each claim unless they are all related to the same incident or issue. You are required to allege facts;
not legal arguments or authorities.

FILING FEES
Payment of filing fee required
In accordance with 1996 amendments to the in forma pauperis statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1915, as a prisoner you will be obligated
to pay the full filing fee of $350 for a civil action regardless of your forma pauperis status and the disposition of the case. If
you have the money to pay the filing fee, you should submit a cashier’s check, certified bank check, business or corporate
check, government issued check, or money order drawn on a major America bank or the United States Postal Service, payable
to the Clerk of Court and mail it with your complaint to the address listed on the reverse side of these instructions. The Clerk’s
Office will also accept credit cards (Mastercard/Visa, Discover, American Express) for filing fees and miscellaneous fees.
Credit card payments may be made at all payment windows where receipts are issued.
Request to pay filing fee in monthly installments
If you do not have the money to pay the full filing fee, you must complete the Request to Proceed Without Prepayment of
Filing Fees with Declaration in Support. The Declaration must be returned to the Court with your complaint. NOTE: You
must have a prison or jail official complete the Certification Section on the Declaration and attach to the Declaration
a certified copy of your prison or jail trust account statement for the six months immediately preceding the filing of
the complaint. If you submit an incomplete Declaration or do not submit a prison or jail trust account statement with
the Declaration, your request to proceed without prepayment of the filing fees may be denied.
Initial partial filing fee assessment
If your request to proceed without prepayment of filing fees is granted, the Court will assess an initial partial filing fee at the
time your action is filed. The initial partial filing fee will be equal to 20% of the average monthly deposits to your prison or
jail account for the six months immediately preceding the filing of the action, or 20% of the average monthly balance in your
prison or jail account for that same six month period, whichever is greater. The Court will order the agency that has custody
of you to take that initial partial filing fee out of your prison or jail account as soon as funds are available and forward the
money to the Clerk of Court.
Collection of balance of filing fee
After the initial partial filing fee has been paid, you will owe the balance of the filing fee. Until the amount of the filing fee
is paid in full, each month you will owe 20% of your preceding month's income toward the balance. The agency that has
custody of you will collect that money and send payments to the Clerk of Court any time the amount in your account exceeds
$10.00.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILING A CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT BY A PRISONER - GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
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DISMISSAL OF THE COMPLAINT
Regardless of whether some or all of the filing fee has been paid, the Court is required to screen your complaint and to dismiss
the complaint if: 1) your allegation of poverty is untrue; 2) the action is frivolous or malicious; 3) your complaint does not
state a claim on which relief can be granted; or 4) you sue a defendant for money damages and that defendant is immune from
liability for money damages.
If you file more than three actions or appeals while you are a prisoner which are dismissed as frivolous or malicious or for
failure to state a claim on which relief can be granted, you will be prohibited from bringing any other actions in forma pauperis
unless you are in imminent danger of serious physical injury. NOTE: You are required under penalties of perjury to
provide accurate information regarding previous filings. Failure to provide this information may result in the
immediate dismissal of your complaint.

JURISDICTION
To determine whether jurisdiction and venue are proper in this Court:
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AGAINST FEDERAL DEFENDANTS, please refer to 28 U.S.C. § 1391(e) and Bivens v. Six Unknown
Federal Narcotics Agents, 403 U.S. 388, 397 (1971);

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AGAINST NON-FEDERAL DEFENDANTS, please refer to 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b) for claims brought pursuant
to 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

SERVICE OF THE COMPLAINT
If your request to proceed without prepayment of the filing fees is approved, the Court will determine whether the United
States Marshal should serve the defendant(s) on your behalf.

INQUIRIES AND COPYING REQUESTS
Because of the large volume of cases filed by prisoners in this Court and limited court resources, the Court and Clerk's Office
will not answer inquires concerning the status of your case or provide copies of documents, except at a charge of fifty cents
($0.50) per page. You must therefore keep copies of all documents submitted to the court for your own records.

TO MAIL THE COMPLAINT
Mail the original and the two copies of the following completed documents to the address below: complaint and declaration
to proceed without prepayment of filing fees (if applicable):
United States District Court
Central District of California
312 North Spring Street, Room G-8
Los Angeles, California 90012
ATTENTION: PRO SE CLERK
Telephone: [phone]

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