Chunn v. Solicitor General et al

Filing 15

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 1/26/16 ORDERING that plaintiff has 30 days from the date this order is served to submit the required trust account statement. Failure to comply with this order will result in this action being dismissed. The Clerk of the court is directed to send to plaintiff a new form Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis by a Prisoner.(Dillon, M)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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WALTER CHUNN,

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No. 2:16-cv-100-EFB P

Plaintiff,
v.

ORDER

SOLICITOR GENERAL, et al.,

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Defendants.

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Plaintiff is a county inmate proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42

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U.S.C. § 1983.1 He has submitted an affidavit requesting leave to proceed in forma pauperis

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pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1). He has not, however, submitted a certified trust account

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statement.

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Section 1915(a)(2) requires “a prisoner seeking to bring a civil action without prepayment

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of fees or security therefor, in addition to filing the affidavit filed under paragraph (1), shall

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submit a certified copy of the trust fund account statement (or institutional equivalent) for the

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prisoner for the 6-month period immediately preceding the filing of the complaint . . . , obtained

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from the appropriate official of each prison at which the prisoner is or was confined.” 28 U.S.C.

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§ 1915(a)(2) (emphasis added).

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This proceeding was referred to this court by Local Rule 302 pursuant to 28 U.S.C.
§ 636(b)(1) and is before the undersigned pursuant to plaintiff’s consent. See E.D. Cal. Local
Rules, Appx. A, at (k)(4).
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Accordingly, plaintiff has 30 days from the date this order is served to submit the required

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trust account statement. Failure to comply with this order will result in this action being

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dismissed. The Clerk of the court is directed to send to plaintiff a new form Application to

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Proceed In Forma Pauperis by a Prisoner.

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So ordered.

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Dated: January 26, 2016.

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