Perez Soto v. Assigned Counsel Defenders' Plan of Nassau County et al

Filing 8

ORDER granting 2 Motion for Leave to Proceed in forma pauperis. The Clerk of Court is directed to forward copies of the summonses, the complaint, the Notice of Hearing dated June 17, 2014, and this Order to the United States Marshal Service for service upon the defts without prepayment of fees and to mail a copy of this Order to the pro se plaintiff at his last known address. CM to pro se plaintiff. Ordered by Judge Sandra J. Feuerstein on 6/17/2014. (Florio, Lisa)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

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JORGE R. PEREZ SOTO, Jr.,

Plaintiff,
-against-

ORDER
14-CV -2744(SJF)(AKT)

ASSIGNED COUNSEL DEFENDERS'
PLAN OF NASSAU COUNTY,
JOSEPH A. LOPICCOLO, Esq., HESSION,
BECKOFF AND LOPICCOLO, LLP, and
KATHLEEN M. RICE, Nassau County District
Attorney,
Defendants.

FILED
IN CLERK'S OFFICE
US DISTRICT COURT E D N Y

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JUN 1 7 2014

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LONG ISlAND OFFICE

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FEUERSTEIN, District Judge:

On April28, 2014, incarcerated prose plaintiff Jorge R. Perez Soto, Jr. ("plaintiff')
commenced this action against the Assigned Counsel Defenders' Plan ofNassau County, Joseph
A. Lopiccolo, Esq., Hession, Beckoffand Lopiccolo, LLP, and Nassau County District Attorney

Kathleen M. Rice (collectively, the "defendants"), pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Accompanying
the complaint is an application to proceed in forma pauperis.
Upon review of plaintiff's declaration in support of his application to proceed in forma

pauperis, plaintiff's financial status qualifies him to commence this action without prepayment
of the filing fees. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(l). Accordingly, plaintiffs application to proceed in

forma pauperis is GRANTED.
The Clerk of Court is directed to forward copies of the summonses, the complaint, the
Notice of Hearing dated June 17, 2014, and this Order to the United States Marshal Service for

service upon the defendants without prepayment of fees and to mail a copy of this Order to the

pro se plaintiff at his last known address.
SO ORDERED.

s/ Sandra J. Feuerstein

S~dra J. Feuerst@n
United States District Judge
Dated: June 17, 2014
Central Islip, New York

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