Jacobsen v. Douglas et al

Filing 3

ORDER - Clerk shall retain # 1 Complaint. Clerk shall send P blank IFP form with instructions. (Mailed to P 3/28/2016 with two copies instant Order.) P shall file IFP or pay $400 filing fee by 4/22/2016. Signed by Magistrate Judge Peggy A. Leen on 3/25/2016. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - DRM)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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CRAIG LESLIE JACOBSEN,

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Plaintiff,

ORDER

v.

(Initiating Docs. – Dkt. #1)

MICHAEL DOUGLAS, et al.,
Defendants.

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Case No. 2:16-cv-00489-MMD-PAL

This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff Craig Leslie Jacobsen’s Initiating Documents

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(Dkt. #1), filed March 4, 2016.

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pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A) and LR IB 1-3 and 1-9 of the Local Rules of Practice.

The Initiating Documents are referred to the undersigned

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Mr. Jacobsen is a prisoner in the custody of the Maricopa County Sherriff’s Office at the

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4th Avenue Jail in Phoenix, Arizona. He and is proceeding in this action pro se, which means

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that he is not represented by an attorney. See LSR 2-1.

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(Dkt. #1) as part of his initiating documents, but did not pay the $400.00 filing fee or submit an

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application to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). In order to proceed in this action without

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paying the standard filing fee, LSR 1-1 and 28 U.S.C. § 1915 provide that a litigant must submit

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the Court’s form IFP application. Additionally, LSR 1-2 and § 1915 specifically require three

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items be submitted to this Court with a prisoner’s IFP application: (1) a financial certificate

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signed by an authorized officer of the institution in which he or she is incarcerated, (2) a copy of

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his or her inmate trust account statement for the six-month period prior to filing, and (3) a signed

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financial affidavit showing an inability to prepay fees and costs or give security for them.

Mr. Jacobsen submitted a Complaint

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Accordingly,

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IT IS ORDERED:

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1. The Clerk of Court shall retain Plaintiff Craig Leslie Jacobsen’s Complaint (Dkt. #1).
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2. The Clerk of the Court shall mail Plaintiff a blank form Application to Proceed in
Forma Pauperis for incarcerated litigants with instructions.

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3. Plaintiff shall have until April 22, 2016, to file the Application to Proceed in Forma

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Pauperis, accompanied by a signed and executed financial certificate, a signed and

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executed financial affidavit, and a statement of his inmate trust account.

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4. Alternatively, Plaintiff shall pay the filing fee of four hundred dollars ($400.00),
accompanied by a copy of this Order, on or before April 22, 2016.

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5. Plaintiff’s failure to comply with this Order by (a) submitting an Application to

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Proceed In Forma Pauperis, or (b) paying the filing fee before the April 22, 2016

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deadline will result in a recommendation to the District Judge that this case be

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dismissed.

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Dated this 25th day of March, 2016.

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PEGGY A. LEEN
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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