Robyn v. People of the State of California

Filing 3

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman on 3/20/2018 ORDERING plaintiff to submit, within 30 days, an affidavit to proceed ifp or the required fees in the amount of $400.00. The Clerk shall send plaintiff a new ifp application.(Yin, K)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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ROBERT ROBYN,

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Plaintiff,

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No. 2:18-cv-0505 KJN P

v.

ORDER

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA,
Defendant.

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Plaintiff, a county inmate proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42

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U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has not, however, filed an in forma pauperis affidavit or paid the

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required filing fee of $350.00 plus the $50.00 administrative fee.1 See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a),

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1915(a). Therefore, plaintiff will be provided the opportunity either to submit the appropriate

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affidavit in support of a request to proceed in forma pauperis or to submit the required fees

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totaling $400.00.
Plaintiff is cautioned that the in forma pauperis application form includes a section that

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must be completed by a jail official, and the form must be accompanied by a certified copy of

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If leave to file in forma pauperis is granted, plaintiff will still be required to pay the filing fee
but will be allowed to pay it in installments. Litigants proceeding in forma pauperis are not
required to pay the $50.00 administrative fee.
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plaintiff’s trust account statement for the six-month period immediately preceding the filing of

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this action.

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In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

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1. Plaintiff shall submit, within thirty days from the date of this order, an affidavit in

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support of his request to proceed in forma pauperis on the form provided by the Clerk of Court, or

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the required fees in the amount of $400.00; plaintiff’s failure to comply with this order will result

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in a recommendation that this action be dismissed; and

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2. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send plaintiff a new Application to Proceed In
Forma Pauperis By a Prisoner.
Dated: March 20, 2018

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