Arenas v. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department et al

Filing 2

ORDER that 1 Motion/Application for Leave to Proceed in forma pauperis is denied without prejudice. The clerk shall retain plaintiff's complaint. Plaintiff shall have until 10/23/15 to either pay the filing fee or file a properly complete if p application. Failure to timely comply with this order will result in a recommendation that this case be dismissed. Signed by Magistrate Judge Carl W. Hoffman on 9/24/15. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF: blank ifp w/instructions to plaintiff - MMM)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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EMILIO EVALIO ARENAS,

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Plaintiff,
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vs.
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LAS VEGAS METROPOLITAN POLICE )
DEPT., et al.,
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Defendants.
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2:15-cv-01516-RCJ-CWH
ORDER

This matter is before the Court on pro se prisoner Plaintiff Emilio Evalio Arenas’s (“plaintiff”)
Motion/Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (doc. # 1), filed August 7, 2015.

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Under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2) and Local Rule LSR 1-2, plaintiff must complete an application

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to proceed in forma pauperis for prisoners and attach both an inmate account statement for the past six

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months and a properly executed financial certification. Plaintiff has submitted an application to proceed

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in forma pauperis but has not submitted his inmate account statement or the executed financial

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certificate. As such, the application to proceed in forma pauperis is incomplete and denied without

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prejudice.

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s Motion/Application to Proceed In
Forma Pauperis (doc. # 1) is denied without prejudice.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall mail plaintiff a blank application

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to proceed in forma pauperis by a prisoner, along with information and instructions for filing an in forma

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pauperis application.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall retain plaintiff’s complaint.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that plaintiff shall have until October 23, 2015 in which to:

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(1) file a complete application to proceed in forma pauperis, along with financial attachments in

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compliance with 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a); or (2) pay the full filing fee of $400.00.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that failure to timely comply with this order will result in a
recommendation that this case be dismissed.
Dated: September 24, 2015

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C.W. Hoffman, Jr.
United States Magistrate Judge

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