Brewer v. Florez et al

Filing 7

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 10/26/17 ORDERING plaintiff has 30 days from the date this order is served to submit the required trust account statement. (Plummer, M)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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MARCUS JAMES BREWER,

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No. 2:17-cv-2003-EFB P

Plaintiff,

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v.

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FLOREZ, et al.,

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ORDER

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. 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.
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, 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.

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So ordered.

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Dated: October 26, 2017.

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