Jones v. Scottland et al

Filing 10

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Dale A. Drozd on 2/3/2014 DIRECTING the Clerk to provide plaintiff with the ifp application by a non-prisoner; within 21 days, plaintiff shall file the ifp application or advise the court that he intends to use other means of serving process on defendants; and plaintiff's failure to comply will result in a recommendations that this action be dismissed without prejudice.(Yin, K)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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LESLIE JAMES JONES,

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Plaintiff,

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No. 2:12-cv-00633 TLN DAD P

v.

ORDER

A. Z. SCOTTLAND, et al.,

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Defendants.

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Plaintiff is a former state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to

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42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Plaintiff has paid the filing

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fee.
The amended complaint appears to state cognizable claims for relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C.

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§ 1983, the ADA, and 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b). If plaintiff intends for the U.S. Marshal to serve

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process on defendants, plaintiff must submit an application for leave to proceed in forma

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pauperis.

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

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1. The Clerk of the Court is directed to provide plaintiff with the court's form application

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for leave to proceed in forma pauperis by a non-prisoner;

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2. Within twenty-one days from the date of this order, plaintiff shall file the application

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for leave to proceed in forma pauperis or advise the court that he intend to use other means of

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serving process on defendants; and

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3. Plaintiff's failure to comply with this order will result in a recommendation that this

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action be dismissed without prejudice.

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Dated: February 3, 2014

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DAD:4
jone633.ifp

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