Hinton v. Brown

Filing 3

WRITTEN Opinion entered by the Honorable Harry D. Leinenweber on 3/26/2013:The 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 the plaintiff an i.f.p. application along with a copy of this order. Failure of the plaintiff to comply within thirty days of the date of this order will result in summary dismissal of this case. The plaintiff is advised that he is required to provide the court with the original plus a judge's copy of every document filed. [For further details see written opinion.] mailed notice (tg, )

Order Form (01/2005)

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

HARRY D. LEINENWEBER

CASE NUMBER

13 C 1994

CASE
TITLE

Sitting Judge if Other
than Assigned Judge

DATE

3/26/2013

Jason Hinton (#2011-0306122) vs. Dorothy Brown

DOCKET ENTRY TEXT:

The 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 the plaintiff an i.f.p. application along with a copy of this order. Failure of the plaintiff to comply within
thirty days of the date of this order will result in summary dismissal of this case. The plaintiff is advised that
he is required to provide the court with the original plus a judge’s copy of every document filed.
O [For further details see text below.]

Docketing to mail notices.

STATEMENT
The plaintiff, an inmate in the custody of the Cook County Department of Corrections, has brought this
pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiff claims that the defendant, the Clerk of the
Cook County Circuit Court, violated the plaintiff’s constitutional rights by denying him access to the courts.
More specifically, the plaintiff alleges that the defendant refused to accept for filing two lawsuits he attempted
to initiate in the state court system.
The plaintiff 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 the plaintiff’s trust fund account. Thereafter, correctional authorities having custody of the 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, the plaintiff must
“submit a certified copy of the trust fund account statement (or institutional equivalent) for the prisoner for the
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STATEMENT (continued)
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 the 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, 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 September 14, 2012, through March 14, 2013].
The 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 the
plaintiff with an in forma pauperis application along with a copy of this order. Failure of the plaintiff to comply
within thirty days of the date of this order will result in summary dismissal of this case.
The plaintiff is advised that he is required to provide the court with the original plus a judge’s copy
of every document filed.

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