Kakowski v. Smith et al

Filing 17

ORDER denying 15 motion to reopen case; directing plaintiff not to file any more documents in this case; directing Clerk to send plaintiff forms, instructions, and documents (mailed 3/25/2015). Signed by Judge Robert C. Jones on 3/25/2015. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - KR)

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1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 12 ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) GREG SMITH et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ) ___________________________________ ) 13 I. 7 8 9 10 11 BRIAN KAKOWSKI, 3:14-cv-413-RCJ-WGC ORDER DISCUSSION 14 On October 14, 2014, Plaintiff, a pro se prisoner, filed a motion to voluntarily dismiss 15 his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. (ECF No. 11). On October 21, 2014, the Court granted Plaintiff’s 16 motion and dismissed the case without prejudice to give Plaintiff the opportunity to finish the 17 grievance process and/or await extradition to California. (ECF No. 12). 18 On February 17, 2015, Plaintiff filed a motion to reopen this case.1 (ECF No. 15 at 1). 19 Plaintiff asserts that he is now incarcerated in California and does not have access to any of 20 his legal documents or an application to proceed in forma pauperis. (Id.). 21 Plaintiff states that the county jail would not supply him a six-month read out of his inmate 22 account statement. (Id.). Plaintiff asks this Court to open a case using his prior application 23 to proceed in forma pauperis. (Id.). Plaintiff states that his grievances are now up to date. 24 (Id.). Furthermore, 25 The Court denies Plaintiff’s motion to reopen the current case. Instead, the Court 26 directs Plaintiff to file a new application to proceed in forma pauperis and a new complaint in 27 28 1 Plaintiff also seeks this Court’s help in understanding an order issued by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. (ECF No. 15 at 2). The Court denies Plaintiff’s request and directs Plaintiff to file a motion with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals if he does not understand their order. 1 a new action. To the extent that jail officials will not provide Plaintiff with the documentation 2 he needs to file a complete application to proceed in forma pauperis, Plaintiff shall complete 3 as much of the application as he can and then provide the Court with a declaration or affidavit 4 explaining what steps he took to acquire a financial certificate and inmate account statement, 5 who refused to supply Plaintiff with those attachments, and the reason for doing so. 6 II. For the foregoing reasons, IT IS ORDERED that the motion to reopen case (ECF No. 7 8 CONCLUSION 15) is denied. 9 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff may file a new application to proceed in forma 10 pauperis and a new complaint in a new action but he may not file any more documents in this 11 case. 12 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court SHALL SEND Plaintiff the 13 approved form application to proceed in forma pauperis by a prisoner, as well as the document 14 entitled information and instructions for filing an in forma pauperis application. 15 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall send to Plaintiff the 16 approved form for filing a § 1983 complaint, instructions for the same, and a copy of his 17 original complaint (ECF No. 1-1). 18 19 Dated: This 25th day day of February, 2015. DATED: This _____ of March, 2015. 20 21 _________________________________ United States District Judge 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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