Robben v. Norling

Filing 8

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 12/12/16 ORDERING that the court will afford plaintiff another opportunity to submit the required trust account statement. Failure to comply with this order within 30 days will result in a recommendation of dismissal. 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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TODD ROBBEN,

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No. 2:16-cv-2699-WBS-EFB P
Plaintiff,

v.

ORDER

GLENN NORLING,

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Defendant.

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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. Once again, he has submitted an affidavit requesting leave to proceed in forma

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pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1), but has failed to submit 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.” Plaintiff

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

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Accordingly, the court will afford plaintiff another opportunity to submit the required trust
account statement. Failure to comply with this order within 30 days will result in a
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recommendation of dismissal. The Clerk of the court is directed to send to plaintiff a new form

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Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis by a Prisoner.

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So ordered.
Dated: December 12, 2016.

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