KADONSKY v. AHSAN, ET AL.

Filing 25

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER Denying Plaintiff's application to proceed in forma pauperis 24 ; Ordering the Clerk to send another Affidavit of Poverty and Account Certification. Signed by Judge Michael A. Shipp on 8/4/2015. (eaj) Modified on 8/4/2015 (eaj, ).

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY

STEVEN KADONSKY,
Civil Action No. 14-7248 (MAS)
Plaintiff,
v.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

ABU AHSAN, et al.,
Defendants.

Plaintiff Steven Kadonsky, a prisoner currently confined at the New Jersey State Prison in
Trenton, New Jersey, seeks to proceed in this civil action informa pauperis, without prepayment
of fees or security, asserting claims pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The Prison Litigation Reform
Act of 1995 (the "Act"), which amends 28 U.S.C. § 1915, establishes certain financial
requirements for prisoners who are attempting to bring a civil action informa pauperis.
Under the Act, a prisoner bringing a civil action informa pauperis must submit an affidavit,
including a statement of all assets, which states that the prisoner is unable to pay the fee. 28 U.S.C.
§ 1915(a)(l). The prisoner also must submit a certified copy of his inmate trust fund account
statement for the six-month period immediately preceding the filing of his complaint. 28 U.S.C.
§ 1915(a)(2). The prisoner must obtain this statement from the appropriate official of each prison
at which he was or is confined. Id.
Here, Plaintiffs application does not meet the requirements of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a).
Specifically, Plaintiff failed to submit a certified copy of his inmate trust fund account statement
for the six-month period immediately preceding the filing of his complaint in this Court. Plaintiff
submits an account statement dating from January 10, 2015 to July 10, 2015, but the Complaint
was removed to this Court on November 20, 2014. This does not meet the statutory requirements.

Plaintiff must submit an account statement for the period between May 20, 2014 and November
20, 2014.

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ORDERED that Plaintiffs application to proceed in forma pauperis, (ECF No. 24), is

hereby DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE; it is further
ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall send Plaintiff the form entitled Affidavit of

Poverty and Account Certification (Civil Rights)(DNJ ProSe 007 A(Rev. 5/13)) to be used by
Plaintiff in any future applications to proceed in forma pauper is; it is further
ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall serve a copy of this Order upon Plaintiff by

regular U.S. mail.

Michael A. Shipp~U.S.D.J.

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