Brown v. Bach et al

Filing 22

AMENDED ORDER dismissing this action without prejudice, and denying leave to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal, by Judge Lewis T. Babcock on 9/9/14. (dkals, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO

Civil Action No. 14-cv-01015-LTB
SHAUN ERIC BROWN, also known as
SHAUN BROWN,
Plaintiff,
v.
MAYOR STEVE BACH,
CHIEF PETER CAREY,
S. WORLEY (1123),
J. RAGLAND (1709), and
UNKNOWN AGENTS, et al.,
Defendants.

AMENDED ORDER OF DISMISSAL

This Amended Order of Dismissal corrects the caption of the Order of Dismissal
entered on September 5, 2014 (ECF No. 20) because the September 5 order
inadvertently included an incorrect caption listing the parties to this action. The instant
order is otherwise identical to the dismissal order entered on September 5.
Plaintiff, Shaun Brown, also known as Shaun Eric Brown, was incarcerated at the
El Paso County Criminal Justice Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, when he
initiated this action by filing pro se a Prisoner Complaint (ECF No. 1) for money
damages pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, as well as 28 U.S.C. § 1331 and Bivens v. Six
Unknown Named Agents of Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971). Mr. Brown
has been granted leave to proceed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. He also filed an
amended Prisoner Complaint (ECF No. 10).
On July 14, 2014, an order to file an amended Prisoner Complaint entered on

July 3, 2013, in another civil action Mr. Brown initiated, Brown v. Maketa, No. 14-cv01618-BNB (D. Colo. filed June 9, 2014), was returned to the Court as undeliverable,
the front of the envelope stamped “Return to Sender,” “Attempted - Not Known,” and
“Unable to Forward.” ECF No. 7 at 1 in No. 14-cv-01618-BNB. The Court may take
judicial notice of its own records and files that are part of the Court’s public records.
See St. Louis Baptist Temple, Inc. v. Fed. Deposit Ins. Corp., 605 F.2d 1169, 1172
(10th Cir. 1979).
The July 3 order was mailed to Mr. Brown at the same address he provided in
the instant action, the El Paso County Criminal Justice Center in Colorado Springs,
Colorado. In the amended Prisoner Complaint (ECF No. 10 at 2), Mr. Brown provides
two different prisoner registration numbers, A00204639 for El Paso County Criminal
Justice Center and 126136 for the Colorado Department of Corrections (DOC). A
review of the “Finding an Inmate” tab on the DOC website, www.doc.state.co.us,
reveals that Mr. Brown has been paroled to the “Southeast Region.”
On July 23, 2014, Mr. Brown filed a notice of change of address (ECF No. 17)
informing the Court that he currently resides at 709 South Sierra Madre, Colorado
Springs, CO 80903.
Therefore, on July 24, 2014, Magistrate Judge Boyd N. Boland entered an order
(ECF No. 18) informing Mr. Brown that his continuing obligation to pay the filing fee was
to be determined, like any nonprisoner, solely on the basis of whether he qualified for in
forma pauperis status. See Whitney v. New Mexico, 113 F.3d 1170, 1171 n.1 (10th Cir.
1997); see also McGore v. Wrigglesworth, 114 F.3d 601, 612-13 (6th Cir. 1997); In re
Prison Litigation Reform Act, 105 F.3d 1131, 1138-39 (6th Cir. 1997); McGann v.
Commissioner, Soc. Sec. Admin., 96 F.3d 28, 29-30 (2d Cir. 1996). Magistrate Judge
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Boland ordered Mr. Brown to submit within thirty days on the Court-approved form an
Application to Proceed in District Court Without Prepaying Fees or Costs, the in forma
pauperis form to be used by nonprisoners. The magistrate judge informed Mr. Brown
that, alternatively, he may elect to pay the $400.00 filing fee to pursue his claims in this
action.
Mr. Brown has failed within the time allowed to file on the Court-approved form
an Application to Proceed in District Court Without Prepaying Fees or Costs, as directed
in the July 24 order, or otherwise communicate with the Court. The amended Prisoner
Complaint and the action will be dismissed without prejudice for failure to comply with
the July 24 order as directed within the time allowed, and for Mr. Brown’s failure to
prosecute.
Finally, the Court certifies pursuant to § 1915(a)(3) that any appeal from this
order would not be taken in good faith and therefore in forma pauperis status will be
denied for the purpose of appeal. See Coppedge v. United States, 369 U.S. 438
(1962). If Mr. Brown files a notice of appeal he also must pay the full $505.00 appellate
filing fee or file a motion to proceed in forma pauperis in the United States Court of
Appeals for the Tenth Circuit within thirty days in accordance with Fed. R. App. P. 24.
ORDERED that the amended Prisoner Complaint (ECF No. 10) and the action
are dismissed without prejudice pursuant to Rule 41(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure for the failure of Plaintiff, Shaun Eric Brown, to submit within the time allowed
on the Court-approved form an Application to Proceed in District Court Without
Prepaying Fees or Costs, the in forma pauperis form to be used by nonprisoners, and
for his failure to prosecute. It is

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FURTHER ORDERED that leave to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal is
denied. It is
FURTHER ORDERED that any pending motions are denied as moot.
DATED at Denver, Colorado, this 9th

day of

September

, 2014.

BY THE COURT:

s/Lewis T. Babcock
LEWIS T. BABCOCK
Senior Judge, United States District Court

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