Pearson v. Reeves

Filing 6

MEMORANDUM OPINION and ORDER of Dismissal re 1 Complaint. Signed by District Judge Arthur J. Tarnow. (CPic)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION

JOSEPH PEARSON, #697215,
Plaintiff,
CASE NO. 2:11-CV-14546
HONORABLE ARTHUR J. TARNOW

v.
LISA REEVES, ET AL.,
Defendants.
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OPINION AND ORDER OF DISMISSAL
The Court has before it Plaintiff Joseph Pearson’s pro se civil rights complaint brought
pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff is a state prisoner confined at the West Shoreline
Correctional Facility in Muskegon Heights, Michigan. At the time he filed his complaint, Plaintiff
did not pay the required $350.00 filing fee, nor did he submit a proper application to proceed without
prepayment of the filing fee. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2); McGore v. Wrigglesworth, 114 F.3d 601,
605 (6th Cir. 1997). Consequently, the Court issued a deficiency order requiring Plaintiff to either
pay the filing fee or submit a properly completed in forma pauperis application within 30 days – by
November 21, 2011. The order provided that if Plaintiff did not submit either the fee or the
application within that time, his case would be dismissed. Plaintiff has failed to correct the
deficiency within the allotted time for doing so.

Accordingly, the Court DISMISSES WITHOUT PREJUDICE the civil rights complaint.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

S/Arthur J. Tarnow
Arthur J. Tarnow
Senior United States District Judge
Dated: December 7, 2011
I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was served upon parties/counsel of record
on December 7, 2011, by electronic and/or ordinary mail.
S/Catherine A. Pickles
Judicial Secretary

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