Bolton v. City of Berkeley et al
Filing
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ORDER DISMISSING CASE. Signed by Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. on 6/14/2017. (Attachments: # 1 Certificate/Proof of Service)(ndrS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/14/2017)
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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A. BOLTON,
Plaintiff,
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United States District Court
Northern District of California
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Case No. 17-cv-01466-HSG
ORDER DISMISSING CASE
v.
CITY OF BERKELEY, et al.,
Defendants.
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Pro se Plaintiff A. Bolton (“Plaintiff”) filed this action on March 17, 2017. Dkt. No. 1.
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The same day, Plaintiff filed a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). See Dkt.
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No. 3. On March 27, 2017, Magistrate Judge Sallie Kim denied the motion without prejudice
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because Plaintiff failed to provide information regarding “the funds from which he receives
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support, e.g., wages, Social Security, public assistance,” or the “source of income from which
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[Plaintiff’s] property is maintained or from which Plaintiff is provided a living.” Id. Judge Kim
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thus found the application incomplete and provided Plaintiff with “one additional opportunity to
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present a revised application resolving this conflict” by April 27, 2017. Id. The case was then
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reassigned to this Court on April 4, 2017. Dkt. No. 8.
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On April 20, 2017, Judge Kim’s order was returned to the Court as undeliverable. Dkt.
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No. 10. However, on April 24, 2017, the Court sent a new copy of the order to Plaintiff at his
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request, which has not been returned. See Dkt. No. 11. Nearly two months have elapsed since
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Plaintiff received Judge Kim’s order, and Plaintiff has failed to file any additional paperwork
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supporting his IFP application. The action is therefore DISMISSED without prejudice
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for failure to pay the filing fee or to submit a complete IFP application. Plaintiff may file a new
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action, but should include a filing fee or an IFP application with a new complaint to commence
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that new action. Because this action is now dismissed, plaintiff should not file an IFP application
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or pay the filing fee in this action. The Clerk shall close the file.1
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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Dated: 6/14/2017
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HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR.
United States District Judge
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United States District Court
Northern District of California
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Notwithstanding his failure to pay the filing fee or submit a complete IFP application, Plaintiff
has continued to file documents in this action over the past several weeks. No further filings will
be accepted in this closed case.
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