Reyes v. Trinity Staff et al

Filing 4

ORDER. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall send Plaintiff the approved form application to proceed in forma pauperis by an inmate, as well as the document entitled information and instructions for filing an in forma pauperis application. IFP/Filing fee due 1/19/2021. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall retain #1 -1 the complaint but will not file it at this time. Signed by Magistrate Judge Elayna J. Youchah on 11/19/2020. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - Inmate IFP Instructions/Form to P - MR)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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WILFREDO REYES III,

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Plaintiff

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Case No. 2:20-cv-02110-JAD-EJY

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ORDER

TRINITY STAFF, et al.,

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Defendants.

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I.

DISCUSSION

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On November 16, 2020, Plaintiff, an inmate in the custody of the Clark County Detention

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Center (“CCDC”), submitted a civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (ECF No. 1-1).

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Plaintiff has neither paid the full $400 filing fee for this matter nor filed an application to proceed in

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forma pauperis.

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Under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2) and Local Rule LSR 1-2, an inmate seeking to commence a
civil action may apply to proceed in forma pauperis, which allows the inmate to file the civil action
without prepaying the full $400 filing fee. To apply for in forma pauperis status, the inmate must
submit all three of the following documents to the Court:
(1) a completed Application to Proceed in Forma Pauperis for Inmate, on this Court’s
approved form (i.e. pages 1 through 3 with the inmate’s two signatures on page 3),

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(2) a Financial Certificate properly signed by both the inmate and a prison or jail official
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(i.e. page 4 of this Court’s approved form), and
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(3) a copy of the inmate’s prison or jail trust fund account statement for the previous
six-month period.
The Court grants Plaintiff a one-time extension to file a fully complete application to proceed
in forma pauperis containing all three of the required documents, or in the alternative, pay the full

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$400 filing fee for this action on or before January 19, 2021. Absent unusual circumstances, the

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Court will not grant any further extensions of time.

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If Plaintiff is unable to file a fully complete application to proceed in forma pauperis with

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all three required documents or pay the full $400 filing fee on or before January 19, 2021, this case

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will be subject to dismissal without prejudice for Plaintiff to file a new case with the Court when

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Plaintiff is either able to acquire all three of the documents needed to file a fully complete application

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to proceed in forma pauperis or pays the full $400 filing fee.
A dismissal without prejudice means Plaintiff does not give up the right to refile the case

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with the Court, under a new case number, when Plaintiff has all three documents needed to submit
with an application to proceed in forma pauperis. Alternatively, Plaintiff may choose not to file an
application to proceed in forma pauperis and instead pay the full filing fee of $400 on or before
January 19, 2021 to proceed with this case.
The Court will retain Plaintiff’s civil rights complaint (ECF No. 1-1), but the Court will not

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file the complaint unless and until Plaintiff timely files a fully complete application to proceed in
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forma pauperis with all three documents or pays the full $400 filing fee.
II.

CONCLUSION
For the foregoing reasons, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall send

Plaintiff the approved form application to proceed in forma pauperis by an inmate, as well as the
document entitled information and instructions for filing an in forma pauperis application.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that on or before January 19, 2021, Plaintiff shall either pay

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the full $400 filing fee for a civil action (which includes the $350 filing fee and the $50

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administrative fee) or file with the Court:

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(1) a completed Application to Proceed in Forma Pauperis for Inmate on this Court’s

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approved form (i.e. pages 1 through 3 of the form with the inmate’s two signatures on page

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3),

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(2) a Financial Certificate properly signed by both the inmate and a prison or jail official

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(i.e. page 4 of this Court’s approved form), and

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(3) a copy of the inmate’s prison or jail trust fund account statement for the previous

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six-month period.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, if Plaintiff does not file a fully complete application to

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proceed in forma pauperis with all three documents or pay the full $400 filing fee for a civil action

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on or before January 19, 2021, this case will be subject to dismissal without prejudice for Plaintiff

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to refile the case with the Court, under a new case number, when Plaintiff has all three documents

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needed to file a complete application to proceed in forma pauperis or pays the full $400 filing fee.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall retain the complaint (ECF
No.1-1) but will not file it at this time.
DATED this 19th day of November, 2020

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ELAYNA J. YOUCHAH
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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