Hamlet v. CDCR

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ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 7/20/2010 ORDERING the clerk to send pltf a cmplt and ifp form; w/in 30 days, plt to either pay the $350.00 filing fee or submit a completed ifp application; and w/in 30 days, pltf to submit a cmplt. Failure to comply will result in a recommendation that this action be dismissed.(Yin, K)

(PC) Hamlet v. CDCR

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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. SECRETARY OF CDCR, Defendant. / Plaintiff is a prisoner without counsel who, it appears, intends to seek relief for alleged civil rights violations. See 42 U.S.C. § 1983. However, he has not filed a complaint, nor has he paid the filing fee or filed an application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. A complaint is necessary for the commencement of a civil action and must contain a short and plain statement of plaintiff's claim, showing that he is entitled to relief. Fed. R. Civ. P. 3; Fed. R. Civ. P. 8. Plaintiff may draft his claims on the form complaint used by this court. To proceed with a civil action, a plaintiff must pay the $350 filing fee required by 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) or request leave to proceed in forma pauperis and submit the affidavit and trust account statement required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). 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
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ANTHONY HAMLET, Plaintiff, No. CIV S-10-1629 EFB P

ORDER

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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." In order to proceed, plaintiff must either pay the filing fee or comply with the in forma pauperis statute. Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that: 1. The Clerk of the Court shall send to plaintiff the form complaint and application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis used in this court. 2. Withing 30 days of the date of this order, plaintiff shall either pay the $350 filing fee or submit a complete application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis; and 3. Within 30 days of the date of this order, plaintiff shall submit a complaint stating the nature of the action and his belief that he is entitled to redress. Failure to comply with this order will result in a recommendation that this action be dismissed. DATED: July 20, 2010.

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