Washington v. Young, et al.

Filing 8

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 7/11/16 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 may result in dismissal of this case. 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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CHRISTOPHER NATHANIEL
WASHINGTON,
Plaintiff,

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No. 2:16-cv-1341-EFB P

ORDER
v.
YOUNG, et al.,
Defendants.

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Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42

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U.S.C. § 1983. 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 for the relevant time period.1

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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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Instead, plaintiff submitted unverified statements dated November 3, 2014, September
16, 2015, and March 8, 2016. ECF No. 3. He also submitted a verified statement dated October
13, 2015. Id. Plaintiff then resubmitted what appears to be a copy of the October 13, 2015
statement, but the date next to the officer’s signature has been modified to read “02-13-16.” ECF
No. 5.
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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.” Plaintiff

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has not submitted a certified copy of his trust account statement or the institutional equivalent as

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required.

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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 may result in dismissal of this case.

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The Clerk of the court is directed to send to plaintiff a new form Application to Proceed In Forma

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Pauperis by a Prisoner.

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So ordered.
Dated: July 11, 2016.

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