Brown-Bey v. North Carolina House of Representatives et al
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ORDER that the Clerk of Court shall send a copy of this Order to the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, who within 21 days of entrance of this Order, shall file with this Court a certified copy of the trust account statement for inmate Eddricco Lishaun Brown, # 0700738 as directed. See Order for further details. Signed by Chief Judge Frank D. Whitney on 11/28/2016. (Pro se litigant served by US Mail.)(kby)
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
ASHEVILLE DIVISION
1:16cv375-FDW
EDDRICCO LI'SHAUN BROWN-BEY1, )
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Petitioner,
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vs.
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U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, )
et al,
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Respondents.
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ORDER
The Court has received prisoner Eddricco Li'shaun Brown-Bey’s pro se civil filing and
application to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”), which were docketed in this Court on
November 9, 2016.
Federal law requires that prisoners instituting any civil action in federal district court pay
a filing fee of $350.00, except when the civil action is an application for a writ of habeas corpus.
28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). In that case, the filing fee is $5.00. Id. A prisoner seeking to file a civil
action without prepayment of fees or costs must file an affidavit of indigency and “submit a
certified copy of the trust fund account statement (or institutional equivalent) for the prisoner for
the 6-month period immediately preceding the filing of the [civil action], obtained from the
appropriate official of each prison at which the prisoner is or was confined.” 28 U.S.C. §
1915(a).
Brown-Bey has filed the required affidavit. The North Carolina Department of Public
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Incarcerated under the name Eddricco Lishaun Brown. See N. C. Department of Public Safety Public Offender
Information, available at http://webapps6.doc.state.nc.us/opi/offendersearch.do?method=list Offender # 0700738
(last viewed Nov. 21, 2016).
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Safety, which has custody of Brown-Bey, shall be directed to file the required account statement.
IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that:
1. The Clerk of Court shall send a copy of this Order to the North Carolina
Department of Public Safety, 831 W. Morgan St., MSC 4265, Raleigh, NC 27699;
2. By copy of this Order, the North Carolina Department of Public Safety official
responsible for certification of inmate trust account statements is hereby notified
of the 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a) requirement; and
3.
Within twenty-one (21) days of entrance of this Order, shall file with this Court a
certified copy of the trust account statement for inmate Eddricco Lishaun Brown,
# 0700738, covering the six (6) month period immediately preceding the filing of
the above-captioned action.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Signed: November 28, 2016
2016
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