Oliver v. UNLV Board of Regents

Filing 3

ORDER re Plaintiff's 1 Motion/Application for Leave to Proceed in forma pauperis. Within 30 days from the date of this order Plaintiff must either: (1) file a complete application to proceed in forma pauperis or (2) pay the full $400 fee for a civil action. The Clerk of the Court must retain the 1 -1 Complaint but not file it at this time. Signed by Magistrate Judge Carl W. Hoffman on 10/25/2017. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - IFP instructions/form mailed to Plaintiff - SLD)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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ALEXANDER OLIVER,

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Plaintiff,
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UNLV BOARD OF REGENTS,
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Defendant.
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Case No. 2:17-cv-02689-RFB-CWH
ORDER

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Presently before the Court is pro se Plaintiff Alexander Oliver’s application for leave to
proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 1), filed on October 18, 2017.

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Upon review, Plaintiff’s application is incomplete. Plaintiff has failed to provide complete

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information for items #3, #5, and #8. Specifically, Plaintiff has failed to answer #3(d) and #3(e), or

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to include the value of the real estate specified in items #5, and #8. Plaintiff may not proceed in

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forma pauperis without filing a complete application. The court will retain Plaintiff’s complaint

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(ECF No. 1), but will not file it until the matter of the payment of the filing fee is resolved.

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Plaintiff will be granted an opportunity to file an application to proceed in forma pauperis, or in the

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alternative, to pay the full filing fee for this action.

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IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court must send Plaintiff a copy of
the approved form application to proceed in forma pauperis.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that within thirty days from the date of this order, Plaintiff

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

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complete financial attachments in compliance with 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a); or (2) pay the full $400 fee

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for a civil action (which includes the $350 filing fee and the $50 administrative fee). Plaintiff is

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advised that failure to comply with this order may result in a recommendation that his case be

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dismissed.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court must retain the complaint (ECF
No. 1-1), but must not file it at this time.

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DATED: October 25, 2017
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C.W. Hoffman, Jr.
United States Magistrate Judge

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