Cook v. Unknown Correctional Officers

Filing 2

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER... IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Clerk shall mail to plaintiff a copy of the Court's form Prisoner Civil Rights Complaint. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk shall mail to plaintiff a copy of the Court's form Motion t o Proceed In Forma Pauperis Prisoner Cases. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that plaintiff shall file an amended complaint on the Court-provided form within thirty (30) days of the date of this Order. Plaintiff is advised that his amended complaint will take the place of his original complaint andwill be the only pleading that this Court will review. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that plaintiff shall either pay the $350 filing fee or submit a motion to proceed in forma pauperis within thirty (30) days of th e date of this Order.IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that if plaintiff submits a motion to proceed in forma pauperis, hemust also submit a certified copy of his prison account statement for the six-month period immediately preceding the filing of his complaint .IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that if plaintiff fails to comply with this Order, the Court will dismiss this action without prejudice. If the case is dismissed for noncompliance with this Order, the dismissal will not be a "strike" under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). Amended/Supplemental Pleadings due by 11/29/2012. Initial Partial Filing Fee due by 11/29/2012. Signed by Magistrate Judge Lewis M. Blanton on 10/30/2012. (Prisoner Civil Rights forms and ifp forms forwarded to Mr. Cook)(JMC)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
SOUTHEASTERN DIVISION
ANTHONY COOK,
Plaintiff,
v.
UNKNOWN CORRECTIONAL
OFFICERS,
Defendants.

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No. 1:12CV178 LMB

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
Plaintiff submitted a letter to the Court. The letter describes potential civil rights
violations. In the interests of justice, the Court will construe the letter as a civil rights
complaint. The complaint is defective, however, because it has not been drafted on a
Court-provided form. See Local Rule 2.06(A). Moreover, plaintiff has neither paid
the filing fee nor submitted a motion to proceed in forma pauperis along with a prison
account statement. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a).
Accordingly,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Clerk shall mail to plaintiff a copy of the
Court’s form Prisoner Civil Rights Complaint.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk shall mail to plaintiff a copy of
the Court’s form Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis – Prisoner Cases.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that plaintiff shall file an amended complaint on
the Court-provided form within thirty (30) days of the date of this Order. Plaintiff is
advised that his amended complaint will take the place of his original complaint and
will be the only pleading that this Court will review.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that plaintiff shall either pay the $350 filing fee
or submit a motion to proceed in forma pauperis within thirty (30) days of the date of
this Order.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that if plaintiff submits a motion to proceed in
forma pauperis, he must also submit a certified copy of his prison account statement for
the six-month period immediately preceding the filing of his complaint.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that if plaintiff fails to comply with this Order,
the Court will dismiss this action without prejudice. If the case is dismissed for noncompliance with this Order, the dismissal will not be a “strike” under 28 U.S.C.
§ 1915(g).
Dated this

30th

day of October, 2012.

LEWIS M. BLANTON
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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