Johnson v. Dart

Filing 5

WRITTEN Opinion Signed by the Honorable Virginia M. Kendall on 9/17/2010: Plaintiff is granted thirty days in which either to file an in forma pauperis application on the enclosed form with the information required by 28 U.S.C.§ 1915(a)(2) or pa y the full $350 filing fee. The Clerk is directed to send Plaintiff an i.f.p. application along with a copy of this order. Failure of Plaintiff to comply within thirty days of the date of this order will result in summary dismissal of this case. Plaintiff is advised that he must provide the Court with the original plus a judge's copy of every document filed. [For further details see Order.] Mailed notice(hp, )

Johnson v. Dart
Order Form (01/2005)

Doc. 5

United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois
Name of Assigned Judge or Magistrate Judge

Virginia M. Kendall 10 C 5676

Sitting Judge if Other than Assigned Judge

CASE NUMBER CASE TITLE
D O C K E T ENTRY TEXT:

DATE

September 17, 2010

Mark H. Johnson (#A-72077 ) v. Tom Dart

Plaintiff is granted thirty days in which either to file an in forma pauperis application on the enclosed form with the information required by 28 U.S.C.§ 1915(a)(2) or pay the full $350 filing fee. The Clerk is directed to send Plaintiff an i.f.p. application along with a copy of this order. Failure of Plaintiff to comply within thirty days of the date of this order will result in summary dismissal of this case. Plaintiff is advised that he must provide the Court with the original plus a judge's copy of every document filed.

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STATEMENT Plaintiff, currently in state custody at Lawrence Correctional Center, has submitted a pro se civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 but has failed either to pay the statutory filing fee or to file a petition for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. The Prison Litigation Reform Act requires all inmates to pay the full filing fee, even those whose cases are summarily dismissed. In all prisoner civil lawsuits, the Court must assess an initial partial filing fee. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1). The Court will direct correctional officials to deduct the initial filing fee payment directly from Plaintiff's trust fund account. Thereafter, correctional authorities having custody of Plaintiff will be authorized and ordered to make monthly payments to the court of 20% of the preceding month's income credited to the trust fund account until such time as the full filing fee is paid. To enable the Court to make the necessary assessment of the initial partial filing fee, Plaintiff must "submit a certified copy of the trust fund account statement (or institutional equivalent) for the prisoner for the 6-month period immediately preceding the filing of the complaint or notice of appeal, obtained from the appropriate official of each prison at which the prisoner is or was confined." 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). Therefore, if Plaintiff wishes to proceed with this case by making installment payments instead of paying the full filing fee in advance, he must file an in forma pauperis application on the form required by the rules of this Court, (CONTINUED)
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STATEMENT (continued) together with a certified copy or copies of his trust fund statements reflecting all activity in his accounts in the past six months [that is, from March 14, 2010, through September 14, 2010]. Plaintiff must, within thirty days, either file an in forma pauperis application on the enclosed form with the information required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2) or pay the full $350 filing fee. The Clerk will furnish Plaintiff with an in forma pauperis application along with a copy of this order. Failure of Plaintiff to comply within thirty days of the date of this order will result in summary dismissal of this case. Plaintiff is reminded that he must provide the Court with the original plus a judge's copy of every document filed.

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