Canada v. Lewis et al

Filing 11

ORDER of Clarification and Extending Time for Plaintiff to File Certificate of Funds. Signed by Judge Thelton E. Henderson on 08/21/2013. (Attachments: # 1 Certificate/Proof of Service)(tmi, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/22/2013)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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No. C-13-3257 TEH (PR)

RONALD LEE CANADA,
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ORDER OF CLARIFICATION AND
EXTENDING TIME FOR PLAINTIFF TO
FILE CERTIFICATE OF FUNDS

Plaintiff,
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v.

United States District Court
For the Northern District of California

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GREGORY D. LEWIS, Warden and R.
SHELLABARGER,

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Defendants.
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On July 15, 2013, Plaintiff Ronald Lee Canada, an inmate

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at Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP), filed a complaint alleging

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constitutional violations against employees at PBSP.

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the same date, Plaintiff filed a request to proceed in forma

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pauperis (IFP).

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Court sent Plaintiff a letter notifying him that his IFP application

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was incomplete because he had failed to submit a Certificate of

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Funds (COF) in Prisoner’s Account completed and signed by an

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authorized officer at PBSP.

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that he had twenty-eight days from the filing date of the notice to

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respond with the correct documents and, if he did not respond within

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this time, his complaint would be dismissed, the file closed and the

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$400 fee would become due immediately.

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2013.

Dkt. #2.

Dkt. #1.

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Also, on the same date, the Clerk of the

Dkt. #3.

The notice warned Plaintiff

The COF is due on August 12,

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On July 18 and July 22, 2013, Plaintiff filed two letters

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with the Court indicating that he did not believe that the Court had

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received his complaint.

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received Plaintiff’s complaint.

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Plaintiff’s COF completed and signed by an authorized officer at

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PBSP, which must be filed in order for Plaintiff to avoid dismissal

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of his case.

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Dkt. ## 4, 5.

The Court clarifies that it

However, the Court has not received

In the interests of justice, the Court grants Plaintiff
twenty-eight (28) more days from the date of this Order to file the

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completed and signed COF.

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the top of the cover page of every document he submits to the Court,

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the name and number of this case: Canada v. Lewis, 13-3257 TEH (PR).

In the future, Plaintiff must write on

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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DATED

08/21/2013
THELTON E. HENDERSON
United States District Judge

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