Columbia v. Deuel State Prison et al

Filing 11

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 4/1/09 ORDERING that pltf has 30 days to submit the required certificate and trust acct statement; the clerk to send pltf a new ifp application.(Yin, K)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 vs. RICHARD RUSSELL, et al., Defendants. / Plaintiff, a former state prisoner without counsel, has filed a complaint alleging civil rights violations. See 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He has submitted an affidavit requesting leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1). Section 1915(a)(2) requires "a prisoner seeking to bring a civil action without prepayment of fees or security therefor, in addition to filing the affidavit filed under paragraph (1), shall submit a certified copy of the trust fund account statement (or institutional equivalent) for the prisoner for the 6-month period immediately preceding the filing of the complaint . . . , obtained from the appropriate official of each prison at which the prisoner is or was confined." The certificate portion of the request which must be completed by plaintiff's institution of incarceration has not been filled out. Plaintiff has not submitted the required trust account statement.
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA JOSEPH COLUMBIA, Plaintiff, No. CIV S-09-0254 EFB P

ORDER

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Accordingly, plaintiff has 30 days from the date this order is served to submit the required certificate and trust account statement. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send plaintiff a new Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis By a Prisoner. Failure to comply with this order may result in this action being dismissed. So ordered. DATED: April 1, 2009.

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