Saterstad v. Drug Enforcement Administration

Filing 7

ORDER denying 1 Motion/Application for Leave to Proceed in forma pauperis. Payment of filing fees or IFP due 10/7/2017. Signed by Magistrate Judge Carl W. Hoffman on 9/7/2017. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF, cc: IFP to P - JM)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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DISTRICT OF NEVADA
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RICHARD LEE SATERSTAD,
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Plaintiff,
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vs.
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DRUG ENFORCEMENT
ADMINISTRATION, et al.

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Defendants.

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2:16-cv-01947-APG-CWH
ORDER

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Pro se Plaintiff Richard Lee Saterstad, who is presently incarcerated, submitted initiating
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documents to the Court on August 15, 2016, which include a motion to proceed in forma pauperis,
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and a complaint against the United States of America, and other defendants. (ECF Nos. 1, 1-1.)
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Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis is incomplete. Under 28 U.S.C.
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§ 1915(a)(2) and Local Rule LSR 1-2, before a court may grant in forma pauperis status to an
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incarcerated plaintiff, the plaintiff must complete an application to proceed in forma pauperis and
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also submit a certificate from the institution at which he is incarcerated certifying the amount of
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funds currently held in the applicant’s trust account, and the net deposits in the applicant’s account
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for the six months prior to the applicant’s submission of the application. Plaintiff has not submitted
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a completed application to proceed in forma pauperis or a certificate. The Court therefore will deny
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Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis without prejudice. Plaintiff must cure the
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deficiencies of his application to proceed in forma pauperis, or in the alternative, pay the full filing

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fee for this action. If Plaintiff chooses to file a new application to proceed in forma pauperis, then

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Plaintiff must file a complete application including all of the documents referenced in this order.

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IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis
(ECF No. 1) is DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall send Plaintiff a blank application
to proceed in forma pauperis by a prisoner, along with a copy of this order.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that within 30 days of the date of this Order, Plaintiff must

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either: (1) file a complete application to proceed in forma pauperis, on the correct form with

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complete financial attachments, or (2) pay the full $400 fee for filing a civil action, which includes

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the $350 filing fee and the $50 administrative fee.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that failure to timely comply with this order may result in a
recommendation that this case be dismissed.

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Dated: September 7, 2017

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C.W. Hoffman, Jr.
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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