Dillingham v. Unknown

Filing 5

ORDER by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers granting 4 Motion for Extension of Time to File Complaint and In Forma Pauperis Application. (Attachments: # 1 Certificate/Proof of Service)(fs, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/8/2017)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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In re JERRY DILLINGHAM,

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Case No. 17-cv-03698-YGR (PR)
ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF
EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE
COMPLAINT AND IN FORMA
PAUPERIS APPLICATION

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Plaintiff, a state prisoner, filed with the Court a letter addressed to the Honorable Thelton E.

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Henderson. The Clerk of the Court construed the letter from Plaintiff as a request to file a pro se

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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prisoner complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On June 28, 2017, the Clerk sent Plaintiff a notice

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directing him to file a complaint on the proper form along with an application to proceed in forma

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pauperis (“IFP”) within twenty-eight days. He was warned that the failure to do so within the

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twenty-eight-day deadline would result in the dismissal of this action without prejudice.
Before the Court is Plaintiff’s request for an extension of time to file his complaint.

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Dkt. 4.

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Good cause appearing, the request is GRANTED. In addition, the Court on its own motion

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GRANTS Plaintiff an extension of time to file an IFP application. No later than twenty-eight (28)

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days from the date of this Order, Plaintiff shall file his complaint on the proper form and a

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completed IFP application form along with his trust account statement and certificate of funds. The

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failure to do so on or by the twenty-eight-day deadline will result in the dismissal of this action

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without prejudice.

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The Clerk shall send Plaintiff a blank civil rights complaint form and a blank prisoner IFP
application form along with a copy of this Order. This Order terminates Docket No. 4.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: August 8, 2017
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YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS
United States District Court Judge