Ellis v. Clark County Detention Center

Filing 10

ORDER. IT IS ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court SHALL SEND Plaintiff the approved form application to proceed in forma pauperis by a prisoner, as well as the document titled information and instructions for filing an in forma pauperis applicati on. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that within thirty (30) days from the date of this order, Plaintiff shall either: (1) file a fully complete application to proceed in forma pauperis, on the correct form with complete financial attachments in compliance wit h 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a); or (2) pay the full $400 fee for filing a civil action (which includes the $350 filing fee and the $50 administrative fee). IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall retain the complaint 1 -1, but shall not file it at this time. Signed by Magistrate Judge George Foley, Jr. on 8/21/17. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - ADR)

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1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 12 ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) CLARK COUNTY DETENTION CENTER, ) ) Defendant. ) ) ___________________________________ ) 13 I. 7 8 9 10 11 DARRAL ELLIS, 2:17-cv-01843-JCM-GWF ORDER DISCUSSION 14 On July 6, 2017, Plaintiff, then an inmate in the custody of the Clark County Detention 15 Center (“CCDC”), submitted a civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and filed an 16 application to proceed in forma pauperis. (ECF No. 1, 1-1). On July 10, 2017, this Court 17 issued an order denying Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis without prejudice 18 to file a new application because Plaintiff’s application had been incomplete. (ECF No. 3). 19 Specifically, Plaintiff had not submitted a properly executed financial certificate or an inmate 20 account statement. (Id. at 1). The Court directed Plaintiff to file a fully complete application 21 to proceed in forma pauperis with complete financial attachments or pay the full $400 filing fee 22 within 30 days from the date of that order. (Id. at 2). Shortly after the issuance of that order, 23 Plaintiff relocated to Lake’s Crossing Center in Sparks, Nevada. (ECF No. 6). The Clerk’s 24 Office re-mailed the order to Plaintiff’s new address. (Id.) Plaintiff has not filed a new 25 application to proceed in forma pauperis and has not paid the filing fee for this case. Instead 26 Plaintiff has filed notices regarding a March 28, 2017 incident. (ECF No. 8, 9). 27 Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2) and Local Rule LSR 1-2, Plaintiff must complete an 28 application to proceed in forma pauperis and attach both an inmate account statement for the past six months and a properly executed financial certificate. Plaintiff has not submitted a 1 properly executed financial certificate on this Court’s approved form or an inmate account 2 statement. The Court will retain Plaintiff’s civil rights complaint (ECF No. 1-1), but will not file 3 it until the matter of the payment of the filing fee is resolved. Plaintiff will be granted one final 4 opportunity to cure the deficiencies of his application to proceed in forma pauperis, or in the 5 alternative, pay the full filing fee for this action. If Plaintiff chooses to file a new application to 6 proceed in forma pauperis he must file a fully complete application to proceed in forma 7 pauperis. If Plaintiff files another incomplete application to proceed in forma pauperis, the 8 Court will dismiss the case in its entirety, without prejudice, to file a new case when Plaintiff 9 is able to acquire the necessary documents to file a complete application to proceed in forma 10 pauperis. 11 II. CONCLUSION 12 For the foregoing reasons, IT IS ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court SHALL SEND 13 Plaintiff the approved form application to proceed in forma pauperis by a prisoner, as well as 14 the document entitled information and instructions for filing an in forma pauperis application. 15 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that within thirty (30) days from the date of this order, 16 Plaintiff shall either: (1) file a fully complete application to proceed in forma pauperis, on the 17 correct form with complete financial attachments in compliance with 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a); or 18 (2) pay the full $400 fee for filing a civil action (which includes the $350 filing fee and the $50 19 administrative fee). 20 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, if Plaintiff’s next application to proceed in forma 21 pauperis is incomplete, the Court will dismiss the case, without prejudice, for Plaintiff to file a 22 new case when he is able to acquire the necessary documents to file a complete application 23 to proceed in forma pauperis. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that if Plaintiff does not timely comply with this order, 24 25 dismissal of this action may result. 26 /// 27 /// 28 /// 2 1 2 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall retain the complaint (ECF No. 1-1), but shall not file it at this time. 3 4 21st DATED: This _____ day of August, 2017. 5 6 _________________________________ United States Magistrate Judge 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 3

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