Fullre v. State of Nevada

Filing 3

ORDER that a decision on the 1 Motion/Application for Leave to Proceed in forma pauperis is Deferred. Plaintiff shall submit a Complaint to this Court within 30 days from the date of this Order. Signed by Magistrate Judge Nancy J. Koppe on 11/21/2017. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - Complaint instructions/form mailed to Plaintiff - SLD)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 13 ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) STATE OF NEVADA, ) ) Defendant. ) ) ___________________________________ ) 14 I. 8 9 10 11 12 KEVIN FULLRE, 2:17-cv-02889-JAD-NJK ORDER DISCUSSION 15 Plaintiff, who is a prisoner in the custody of the Clark County Detention Center 16 (“CCDC”), has filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis but has not filed a complaint 17 in this matter. (ECF No. 1). 18 Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 3, “[a] civil action is commenced by filing 19 a complaint with the court.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 3. As such, the Court grants Plaintiff thirty (30) 20 days from the date of this order to submit a complaint to this Court. The Court will defer a 21 decision on the application to proceed in forma pauperis until Plaintiff submits a proper 22 initiating document for this case. 23 II. 24 25 26 27 28 CONCLUSION For the foregoing reasons, IT IS ORDERED that a decision on the application to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 1) is deferred. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff shall submit a complaint to this Court within thirty (30) days from the date of this order. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall send to Plaintiff the approved form for filing a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint and instructions for the same. 1 2 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that if Plaintiff does not timely comply with this order, dismissal of this action may result. 3 4 DATED: November 21, 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 2

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