Alajemba v. Rutherford County, Tennessee et al

Filing 4

ORDER: The plaintiff shall submit to the court within 30 days of the date of service of this order either a certified copy of his inmate trust fund account statement for the six (6) month period immediately preceding the date that he receives this order, or the full $350.00 filing fee. Signed by Chief Judge Todd J. Campbell on 5/26/11. (xc:Pro se party by regular and certified mail.)(dt)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
NASHVILLE DIVISION
JONATHAN ALAJEMBA,
Plaintiff,
v.
RUTHERFORD COUNTY
TENNESSEE, et al.,
Defendants.

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No. 3:11-cv-00472
Judge Campbell

ORDER
The plaintiff, an inmate at the Rutherford County Adult Detention Center in Murfreesboro,
Tennessee, brings this pro se action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (Docket No. 1). The plaintiff has
submitted an application to proceed in forma pauperis. (Docket No. 2).
The plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis is defective because he has not
provided a certified copy of his inmate trust fund account statement for the six (6) month period
immediately preceding the filing of his complaint as required by 28 U.S.C.§ 1915(a)(2). Therefore,
the plaintiff shall submit to the court within thirty (30) days of the date of service of this order either
a certified copy of his inmate trust fund account statement for the six (6) month period immediately
preceding the date that he receives this order, or the full three hundred fifty dollar ($350.00) filing
fee.
The plaintiff is forewarned that, if he does not comply with this order within the time
specified, the court is required to presume that he is not a pauper, assess the full amount of filing fee,
and order the case dismissed for want of prosecution. McGore v. Wrigglesworth, 114 F.3d 601, 605
(6th Cir. 1997), overruled on other grounds by Jones v. Bock, 549 U.S. 199 (2007). If the case is
dismissed under these circumstances, it will not be reinstated to the court’s active docket despite any

subsequent correction of the documentary deficiency, or payment of the filing fee. Id.
An extension of time to submit the required six (6) month statement, or to pay the $350.00
filing fee, may be requested from this court if a motion for an extension of time is filed within thirty
(30) days of the date of entry of this order. Id. at 605; Floyd v. United States Postal Service, 105
F.3d 274, 279 (6th Cir. 1997), superseded on other grounds by Rule 24, Fed. R. App. P.
It is so ORDERED.

Todd J. Campbell
United States District Judge

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