Marlow v. United States Marshal Service

Filing 4

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER. Plaintiff shall have twenty-one (21) days from the date of entry of this order to pay the full filing fee or submit the necessary documents. Signed by District Judge Charles E Atchley, Jr on 4/28/2021. (AML) M/O mailed to Nathaniel Morrow along with blank Inmate Account form . Modified on 4/29/2021 to add ddl(ADA).

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
AT KNOXVILLE
NATHANIEL S. MARLOW,
Plaintiff,
v.
UNITED STATES MARSHAL SERVICE,
Defendant.

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No.

3:21-CV-156-CEA-DCP

MEMORANDUM & ORDER
The Court is in receipt of a pro se prisoner’s complaint under the doctrine announced in
Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971) [Doc. 2],
along with a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis [Doc. 1].
Under the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995, a prisoner who files a complaint in a
district court must tender the full filing fee or he must file (1) an application to proceed in forma
pauperis without prepayment of fees and (2) a certified copy of his inmate trust account for the
previous six-month period (or institutional equivalent). 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). Plaintiff has not
paid the required $400.00 filing fee, nor has be submitted the proper documents to proceed in
forma pauperis. Specifically, Plaintiff has not filed a certified copy of his inmate trust account for
the previous six-month period. 1
Plaintiff shall have twenty-one (21) days from the date of entry of this order to pay the full
filing fee or to submit the necessary documents. Plaintiff is hereby NOTIFIED that if he fails to
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With his motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis, Plaintiff filed a document in
which a Blount County Officer states that the jail “will not sign anything for” Plaintiff [Doc. 1 p.
4]. Accordingly, Plaintiff is DIRECTED to show this order to the custodian of trust accounts at
his current facility, who is DIRECTED to make a copy of Plaintiff’s inmate trust account
statement, to complete and sign the certificate, and to provide Plaintiff with the certified copy of
his inmate trust account statement for the six-month period preceding Plaintiff’s complaint.

fully timely comply with this order, the Court shall presume that Plaintiff is not a pauper, shall
assess the full amount of fees, and shall order the case dismissed for want of prosecution.
Further, Plaintiff is NOTIFIED that the Court WILL NOT consider any amendments
and/or supplements to the complaint or any other kind of motion for relief until after the Court has
screened the complaint pursuant to the Prison Reform Litigation Act, see, e.g., 28 U.S.C. §§
1915(e)(2)(B) and 1915A, which the Court will do as soon as practicable. Accordingly, the Court
will automatically deny any requests to amend or supplement the complaint and/or motions filed
before the Court has completed this screening.
Plaintiff is ORDERED to immediately inform the Court and Defendants of any address
changes in writing. Pursuant to Local Rule 83.13, it is the duty of a pro se party to promptly notify
the Clerk and the other parties to the proceedings of any change in his or her address, to monitor
the progress of the case, and to prosecute or defend the action diligently. E.D. Tenn. L.R. 83.13.
Failure to provide a correct address to this Court within fourteen (14) days of any change in address
may result in the dismissal of this action.
SO ORDERED.

/s/ Charles E. Atchley Jr.
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CHARLES E. ATCHLEY JR.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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