PICKETT v. GREEN

Filing 6

ORDER re 2 Complaint filed by JOHN PICKETT 1. Plaintiff's 3 MOTION for Leave to Proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) is DENIED without prejudice. 2. Clerk shall send Pltf an IFP motion and a prisoner consent form and fi nancial certificate with this case number written on the forms. 3. Within THIRTY (30) DAYS from docketing pltf shall (1) pay $350.00 filing fee, or (2) submit completed IFP motion. FILING Fee due by 10/31/2008 ; Alternatively, IFP Motion due by 10/31/2008. Signed by MAGISTRATE JUDGE ELIZABETH M TIMOTHY on October 1, 2008.(cc: Pickett w/ifp, etc) (cbj)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA PANAMA CITY DIVISION JOHN PICKETT, Plaintiff, vs. C. GREEN, et al., Defendants. _____________________________________/ ORDER Plaintiff initiated this action by filing a civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (Docs. 2, 3). Upon review of the motion to proceed in forma pauperis, the court concludes that Plaintiff failed to provide the requisite supporting documentation for the motion, specifically, a financial certificate signed by a prison official with an attached copy of his trust fund account statement covering the six-month period preceding the filing of the complaint. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). Therefore, the motion will be denied without prejudice to Plaintiff's refiling a complete motion with the required supporting documentation. Accordingly, it is ORDERED: 1. prejudice. 2. The clerk shall send Plaintiff a motion to proceed in forma pauperis and a prisoner consent form and financial certificate approved for use in the Northern District. This case number should be written on the forms. 3. Within THIRTY (30) DAYS from the date of docketing of this order Plaintiff shall (1) pay the $350.00 filing fee, or (2) submit a completed motion to proceed in forma pauperis with Plaintiff's motion to proceed in forma pauperis (Doc. 3) is DENIED without Case No.: 5:08cv295/SPM/EMT

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the requisite prisoner consent form, a financial certificate signed by a prison official, and an attached computer printout of the transactions in his prison account during the preceding six month period. 4. Failure to comply with this order as instructed may result in a recommendation that this case be dismissed for failure to comply with an order of the court. DONE AND ORDERED this 1st day of October 2008.

/s/ Elizabeth M. Timothy ELIZABETH M. TIMOTHY UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

Case No.: 5:08cv295/SPM/EMT