State of Missouri v. Blackwell

Filing 2

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, no later than fourteen (14) days from the date of this Order, plaintiff must either pay the $400 filing fee to the Clerk of Court or submit a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, no later than fourteen (14) days from the date of this Order, plaintiff must submit a copy of all process, pleadings, and orders served upon him in Missouri v. Blackwell, No. 11L6-CR00948-01. Signed by Magistrate Judge David D. Noce on 11/9/2015. (KMS)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
EASTERN DIVISION
STATE OF MISSOURI,

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Plaintiff,
v.
TIMOTHY L. BLACKWELL,
Defendant.

No. 4:15CV1668 DDN

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
Defendant has filed a notice of removal of a criminal prosecution pending against him in
Lincoln County, Missouri, Missouri v. Blackwell, No. 11L6-CR00948-01.

The notice is

defective because he has neither paid the filing fee nor submitted a “copy of all process,
pleadings, and orders served upon [him] in such action.” 28 U.S.C. § 1455(a).
Accordingly,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, no later than fourteen (14) days from the date of this
Order, plaintiff must either pay the $400 filing fee to the Clerk of Court or submit a motion for
leave to proceed in forma pauperis.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, no later than fourteen (14) days from the date of this
Order, plaintiff must submit a “copy of all process, pleadings, and orders served upon” him in
Missouri v. Blackwell, No. 11L6-CR00948-01.
/s/ David D. Noce
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

Signed on November 9, 2015.