DeLoney v. Snyder et al

Filing 3

ORDER directing Clerk to send Plaintiff IFP form and instructions (mailed 12/19/2016); giving Plaintiff 30 days to file complete IFP application or pay full $400 filing fee; directing Clerk to retain complaint but not file it at this time. Signed by Magistrate Judge William G. Cobb on 12/19/2016. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - KR)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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Plaintiff,
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RICHARD SNYDER et al.,
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Defendants.
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I.

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DONALD DELONEY,

3:16-cv-00732-MMD-WGC
ORDER

DISCUSSION

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Plaintiff, who is a prisoner in the custody of the Nevada Department of Corrections

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(“NDOC”), has submitted a civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (ECF No. 1-1).

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

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forma pauperis.

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statement. (ECF No. 1-3).

Plaintiff has submitted a financial certificate and an inmate account

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Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2) and Local Rule LSR 1-2, Plaintiff must complete an

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application to proceed in forma pauperis and attach both an inmate account statement for the

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past six months and a properly executed financial certificate. The Court will retain Plaintiff’s

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civil rights complaint (ECF No. 1-1), but will not file it until the matter of the payment of the

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filing fee is resolved. Plaintiff will be granted an opportunity to file an application to proceed

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in forma pauperis, or in the alternative, pay the full filing fee for this action. If Plaintiff chooses

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to file an application to proceed in forma pauperis he must file a fully complete application to

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proceed in forma pauperis.

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II.

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CONCLUSION
For the foregoing reasons, 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

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the document entitled information and instructions for filing an in forma pauperis application.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that within thirty (30) days from the date of this order,

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Plaintiff shall either: (1) file a fully complete application to proceed in forma pauperis, on the

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correct form with complete financial attachments in compliance with 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a); or

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

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administrative fee).

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that if Plaintiff does not timely comply with this order,
dismissal of this action may result.
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.
DATED: December 19, 2016.

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United States Magistrate Judge

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