YOUNG v. ALACHUA COUNTY JAIL

Filing 11

ORDER re 10 MOTION for Leave to Proceed in forma pauperis filed by WILLIE YOUNG: Clerk directed to send Plaintiff a blank motion for IFP for prisoners. (Amended Pleadings due by 2/24/2012.). Signed by MAGISTRATE JUDGE GARY R JONES on 2/3/2012. (Form sent to Plaintiff.) (jws)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
GAINESVILLE DIVISION
WILLIE YOUNG,
Plaintiff,
v.

CASE NO. 1:11-cv-205-MP-GRJ

ALACHUA COUNTY JAIL,
Defendant.
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ORDER
Pending before the Court is the Plaintiff’s Motion To Proceed In Forma Pauperis.
(Doc. 10.) Plaintiff, a prisoner currently in the custody of the Florida Department of
Corrections (“FDOC”), filed this case on September 28, 2011 but did not file a motion to
proceed in forma pauperis or pay the $350 filing fee when he filed his Complaint. (Doc.
1.) On September 29, 2011, the Court entered an order directing the Clerk to send
Plaintiff a blank motion to proceed in forma pauperis for prisoners and giving Plaintiff
until October 14, 2011 to pay the $350 filing fee or file a motion to proceed in forma
pauperis. (Doc. 4.) On December 23, 2011 the Court entered another order directing
Plaintiff to file a motion to proceed in forma pauperis or pay the $350 filing fee by
January 13, 2012. (Doc. 8.) The Court then entered an order to show cause on
January 20, 2012 directing Plaintiff to show cause on or before February 3, 2012 as to
why this cause should not be dismissed for failure to obey a directive of the Court and
for failure to prosecute. (Doc. 9.)
In response to the Court’s January 20, 2012 order to show cause, Plaintiff has
filed an incomplete motion to proceed in forma pauperis. (Doc. 10.) Plaintiff’s Motion

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To Proceed In Forma Pauperis is incomplete because it does not include the required
Prisoner Consent Form and Financial Certificate or the required inmate prison account
information. In a letter to the Court included as an attachment to his motion, Plaintiff
advises the Court he gave the Prisoner Consent Form and Financial Certificate to
FDOC staff but FDOC staff have advised him it can take as long as 30 days to provide
that information after an inmate request. Accordingly, Plaintiff asks for an extension of
time within which to file his Prisoner Consent Form and Financial Certificate. The Court
will grant Plaintiff’s request, but Plaintiff is advised this is the final extension he will be
given to file his Prisoner Consent Form and Financial Certificate. It is ultimately
Plaintiff’s responsibility to pay the $350 filing fee or provide a complete motion to
proceed in forma pauperis.
Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that:
1.

The Clerk is instructed to send Plaintiff a blank motion to proceed in forma
pauperis for prisoners.

2.

Plaintiff shall file an amended motion to proceed in forma pauperis on or
before February 24, 2012.

3.

Failure to comply with this order will result in a recommendation to the
district judge that this case be dismissed.

DONE AND ORDERED this 3rd day of February 2012.

s/Gary R. Jones
GARY R. JONES
United States Magistrate Judge

Case No: 1:11-cv-205-MP-GRJ