Artem v. State of North Dakota et al

Filing 3

ORDER declining to review Plaintiff's 1 MOTION for Leave to Proceed In Forma Pauperis; Plaintiff must correct this deficiency no later than June 20, 2017, by Hon. Brian A Tsuchida. (SWT) (cc: Plaintiff with standard IFP form via USPS)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 7 8 GEORGE ARTEM, Plaintiff, 9 10 v. 11 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, et al., ORDER DECLINING TO REVIEW IFP APPLICATION AND GRANTING LEAVE TO CORRECT DEFICIENCIES Defendants. 12 13 Case No. C17-0798-RSM Plaintiff filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis. Dkt. 1. The application is 14 deficient because, although plaintiff signed the Written Consent for Payment of Costs Under 15 Local Rule CR 3(b) section of the application, he indicated his rejection of that language by 16 crossing it out. Dkt. 1 at 2. This Court’s local rules require that a party proceeding in forma 17 pauperis consent that 18 19 20 the recovery, if any, in the action, to such amount as the court may direct, shall be paid to the clerk who may pay therefrom all unpaid fees and costs taxed against the plaintiff, and to his attorney the amount which the court allows or approves as compensation for the attorney's services. 21 LCR 3(c). Plaintiff must correct this deficiency no later than June 20, 2017. He may do so by 22 filing a new, complete IFP application and written consent for payment of costs form. Failure to 23 correct the deficiency may result in a recommendation that this matter be dismissed. ORDER DECLINING TO REVIEW IFP APPLICATION AND GRANTING LEAVE TO CORRECT DEFICIENCIES - 1 1 The Clerk shall provide a copy of this Order and the Court’s standard IFP form to 2 plaintiff. 3 DATED this 30th day of May, 2017. 4 5          A BRIAN A. TSUCHIDA United States Magistrate Judge 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 ORDER DECLINING TO REVIEW IFP APPLICATION AND GRANTING LEAVE TO CORRECT DEFICIENCIES - 2

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