Venable v. Patel

Filing 5

ORDER to Submit Signed Application to Proceed in Forma Pauperis OR Pay Filing Fee Within 30 Days, signed by Magistrate Judge Gary S. Austin on 11/15/17. (Attachments: # 1 IFP Application - blank form)(Hellings, J)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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Plaintiff,

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1:17-cv-01519-GSA (PC)

ELVIS VENABLE,

ORDER TO SUBMIT SIGNED APPLICATION
TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS
OR PAY FILING FEE WITHIN 30 DAYS

v.
DR. PATEL,

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Defendant.

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Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C.

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' 1983. On November 14, 2017, Plaintiff filed the Complaint commencing this action, together

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with an application to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. ' 1915. (ECF Nos. 1, 2.)

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However, Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis was not signed.

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submitted to the court must bear the signature of the filing party. Local Rule 131; Fed. R. Civ. P.

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11(a).

All filings

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Plaintiff shall be granted thirty days in which to submit a new completed application to

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proceed in forma pauperis bearing his signature, or in the alternative, to pay the $400.00 filing fee

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for this case in full within thirty days.

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

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Within thirty (30) days of the date of service of this order, Plaintiff shall submit the

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attached application to proceed in forma pauperis, completed and signed, or in the alternative, pay
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the $400.00 filing fee for this action in full. No requests for extension will be granted without

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a showing of good cause. Failure to comply with this order will result in dismissal of this

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action.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

November 15, 2017

/s/ Gary S. Austin
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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