Hunt v. Almase

Filing 2

ORDER DISMISSING CASE without prejudice to plaintiff's commencement of a new action. Clerk shall enter judgment accordingly. Signed by Judge Kent J. Dawson on 4/9/12. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - EDS)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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LEONARD HUNT,

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Plaintiff,

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vs.

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CAESAR V. ALMASE,

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Case No. 2:12-CV-00557-KJD-(CWH)

Defendant.

ORDER

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Plaintiff, who is a prisoner in custody at the High Desert State Prison, see 28 U.S.C.

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§ 1915(h), has submitted a civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (#1). The court

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dismisses this action because plaintiff did not pay the filing fee, nor did he submit an application to

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proceed in forma pauperis with a financial certificate and a copy of his inmate account statement, as

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required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2) and Local Rule LSR 1-2.

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IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the clerk of the court shall send plaintiff a blank form

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for an application to proceed in forma pauperis for incarcerated litigants and a blank civil rights

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complaint form with instructions.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this action is DISMISSED without prejudice to plaintiff’s

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commencement of a new action in which he either pays the filing fee in full or submits a complete

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application to proceed in forma pauperis, accompanied by a signed financial certificate and a

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statement of his inmate account. The clerk of the court shall enter judgment accordingly.

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DATED: April 9, 2012

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KENT J. DAWSON
United States District Judge

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