Hicks v. State of Nevada

Filing 2

ORDER DISMISSING CASE without prejudice. Copy of Initiating Documents, Complaint form with instructions, and IFP form with instructions mailed to Plaintiff. Clerk shall enter judgment accordingly. Signed by Judge Philip M. Pro on 11/8/11. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - ASB)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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ROBERT E. HICKS,

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Plaintiff,
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STATE OF NEVADA, et al.,

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Defendants.

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2:11-cv-01412-PMP-CWH
ORDER

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Plaintiff has submitted a pro se civil rights complaint. (ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff has failed to either

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pay the filing fee or submit an application to proceed in forma pauperis on the required form. See 28

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U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1)-(2); Local Rules of Special Proceedings 1-1, 1-2. Accordingly, plaintiff’s action

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is dismissed without prejudice. If plaintiff wishes to pursue this matter, he should file a new action, with

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a new case number, along with either the $350.00 filing fee or a completed application to proceed in

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forma pauperis on the court-approved form. The application must be accompanied by all required

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financial documentation, as described in the instructions for use of the form.

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IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that this action is DISMISSED without prejudice.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the clerk SHALL SEND plaintiff the approved forms for

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filing a civil rights lawsuits under 42 U.S.C. §1983, an application to proceed in forma pauperis by a

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prisoner, as well as the document “Information and Instructions for Filing a Motion to Proceed In Forma

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Pauperis.”

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the clerk SHALL SEND plaintiff a copy of his initiating
documents (ECF No. 1).
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the clerk SHALL ENTER judgment accordingly and close
this case.

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DATED: November 8, 2011.

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PHILIP M. PRO
United States District Judge

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