Jordan v. Minor

Filing 5

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Gregory G. Hollows on 09/09/11 ordering plaintiff's filing of 07/25/11 1 to the extent it could be construed as a motion is denied without prejudice. Plaintiff is granted 30 days from the date of service of this order to file a complaint. The clerk of the court is directed to send plaintiff the court's form for filing a civil rights action and the application to proceed in forma pauperis by a prisoner.(Plummer, M)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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IMHOTEP JORDAN, SR.,

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Plaintiff,

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No. CIV-11-1961 GGH P

vs.
VICTORIA MINOR,

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Defendant.

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ORDER
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Plaintiff, a state prisoner at Calipatria State Prison, has filed a document styled

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“notice and demand for exhibition, presentment, evidence without dishonor pursuant to 18

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U.S.C. §§ 6451 and 2382,”2 seeking to implicate the Clerk of the Court, Victoria Minor, for her

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alleged failure evidently to enter a default judgment upon plaintiff’s request. Plaintiff lists a

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litany of state statutes, sections of the United States and California constitutions, California case

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citations, “maxims regarding justice” and “maxims regarding truth,” and appends various

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exhibits concerning duties of an attorney, the California Code of Judicial Ethics, the Annex to the

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International Bill of Human Rights, etc., What plaintiff does not do, however, within the eighty-

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one pages of his filing is identify what denial of a request for entry of default at which he has

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taken such umbrage or even the case number or title at issue. Nor does he clarify how he could

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have standing to possibly pursue any form of criminal action against the Clerk of the Court, or

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for that matter, any party.

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In order to commence an action, plaintiff must file a complaint as required by

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Rule 3 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and plaintiff must either pay the required filing

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fee or file an application requesting leave to proceed in forma pauperis.3 See 28 U.S.C.

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§§ 1914(a), 1915(a). The court will not issue any orders granting or denying relief until an action

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has been properly commenced. Therefore, plaintiff’s filing will be denied without prejudice.

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“Whoever, being a United States marshal, clerk, receiver, referee, trustee, or other
officer of a United States court, or any deputy, assistant, or employee of any such officer, retains
or converts to his own use or to the use of another or after demand by the party entitled thereto,
unlawfully retains any money coming into his hands by virtue of his official relation, position or
employment, is guilty of embezzlement and shall, where the offense is not otherwise punishable
by enactment of Congress, be fined under this title or not more than double the value of the
money so embezzled, whichever is greater, or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; but if
the amount embezzled does not exceed $1,000, he shall be fined under this title or imprisoned
not more than one year, or both.

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It shall not be a defense that the accused person had any interest in such moneys or fund.”
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“Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States and having knowledge of the
commission of any treason against them, conceals and does not, as soon as may be, disclose and
make known the same to the President or to some judge of the United States, or to the governor
or to some judge or justice of a particular State, is guilty of misprision of treason and shall be
fined under this title or imprisoned not more than seven years, or both.”

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If leave to file in forma pauperis is granted, plaintiff will still be required to pay the
filing fee but will be allowed to pay it in installments.
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Plaintiff will be provided the opportunity to file his complaint, and to submit an application

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requesting leave to proceed in forma pauperis or to submit the appropriate filing fee.

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In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

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1. Plaintiff’s filing of July 25, 2011, to the extent it could be construed as a

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motion, is denied without prejudice;

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2. Plaintiff is granted thirty days from the date of service of this order to file a

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complaint that complies with the requirements of the Civil Rights Act, the Federal Rules of Civil

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Procedure, and the Local Rules of Practice; the complaint must bear the docket number assigned

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this case; plaintiff must file an original and two copies of the complaint. Plaintiff shall also

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submit, within thirty days from the date of this order, the application to proceed in forma

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pauperis on the form provided by the Clerk of Court, or the filing fee in the amount of $350.00.

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Plaintiff's failure to comply with this order will result in a recommendation that this matter be

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dismissed; and

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3. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send plaintiff the court’s form for filing a

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civil rights action, and the application to proceed in forma pauperis by a prisoner.

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DATED: September 9, 2011

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/s/ Gregory G. Hollows
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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