Maples v. Warren County Jail

Filing 3

ORDER: The plaintiff is an inmate at the Warren County Jail in McMinnville, Tennessee. He has submitted a pro se complaint and an application to proceed in forma pauperis. A prisoner seeking pauper status must include a certified copy of the tru st fund account statement (or institutional equivalent) for the prisoner for the 6-month period immediately preceding the filing of the complaint along with his application to proceed in forma pauperis. The plaintiff is hereby GRANTED thirty (30) da ys from the date of entry of this order on the docket in which to either pay the full filing fee or submit the certified statement from the custodian of his inmate trust account. Signed by District Judge Aleta A. Trauger on 8/6/2014. (xc:Pro se party by regular and certified mail.) (ds)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION CLENTON JEROME MAPLES Plaintiff, ] ] ] ] ] ] ] v. WARREN COUNTY JAIL Defendant. No. 3:14-1568 Judge Trauger O R D E R The plaintiff is an inmate at the Warren County Jail in McMinnville, Tennessee. He has submitted a pro se complaint (Docket Entry No.1) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and an application to proceed in forma pauperis (Docket Entry No.2). A prisoner seeking pauper status must include “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 complaint” along with his application to proceed in forma pauperis. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). Unfortunately, the plaintiff has neglected to provide such a statement. Accordingly, the plaintiff is hereby GRANTED thirty (30) days from the date of entry of this order on the docket in which to either pay the full filing fee or submit the aforementioned certified statement from the custodian of his inmate trust account. The plaintiff is forewarned that, should he fail to timely comply with the instructions of the Court, his application to proceed in forma pauperis will be denied, the filing fee of four hundred dollars ($400) will be assessed against him and collected from his inmate trust account, and this action will be dismissed for failure to comply with the instructions of the Court and for want of prosecution. McGore v. Wrigglesworth, 114 F.3d 601, 605 (6th Cir.1997); Rule 41(b), Fed. R. Civ. P. It is so ORDERED. ____________________________ Aleta A. Trauger United States District Judge

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