Tony Blackman v. Rebecca A. Wiseman, Et Al.

Filing 4

ORDER signed by Judge Sandra M. Snyder on 02/09/07 directing Plaintiff to pay filing fee of $350.00 or file a completed IFP Application with a certificate and trust account statement and directing Clerk to send Plaintiff a blank IFP Application. Response from Plaintiff due by 3/19/2007. (Attachments: # 1 IFP Application)(Lundstrom, T)

Tony Blackman v. Rebecca A. Wiseman, Et Al.

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Case 1:07-cv-00201-OWW-SMS

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
7 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 9 10 11 12 v. 13 REBECCA WISEMAN, et al., 14 Defendants. 15 16 17 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se who filed a 18 civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on February 5, 19 2007. The matter has been referred to the Magistrate Judge 20 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b) and Local Rules 72-302 and 72-304. 21 Pending before the Court is Plaintiff's application to proceed in 22 forma pauperis, filed on February 5, 2007. 23 Plaintiff's application was incomplete. The "Certificate of 24 Authorized Officer" was blank and was not dated or signed. 25 Further, Plaintiff did not submit a trust account statement. 26 Plaintiff is required to submit an original, signed prison trust 27 account statement that includes the entire six-month period 28 1
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TONY BLACKMAN, Plaintiff,

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1:07-cv-00201-OWW-SMS ORDER DIRECTING PLAINTIFF TO PAY THE FILING FEE OR TO FILE A COMPLETED IN FORMA PAUPERIS APPLICATION WITH CERTIFICATE AND TRUST ACCOUNT STATEMENT (DOC. 2) ORDER DIRECTING THE CLERK TO SEND TO PLAINTIFF A BLANK IN FORMA PAUPERIS APPLICATION

Case 1:07-cv-00201-OWW-SMS

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immediately preceding the filing of the complaint. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). Plaintiff will be provided the opportunity either to pay the $350.00 filing fee or submit a completed application, with a signed certificate, and an original certified copy of his trust account statement covering the full six-month period in support of his request to proceed in forma pauperis. In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that within thirty days of the date of service of this order, Plaintiff shall either submit a completed application to proceed in forma pauperis, including a signed certificate and an original certified copy of his prison trust account statement for the sixmonth period immediately preceding the filing of the complaint, or, in the alternative, pay the $350.00 filing fee for this action; further, the Clerk SHALL SEND to Plaintiff a blank application to proceed in forma pauperis for one who is in custody. Plaintiff's failure to comply with this order will result in a recommendation that this action be dismissed. IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: icido3 February 9, 2007 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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