Rankin, Jason v. Horne, Scott

Filing 3

ORDER on ifp request: Plaintiff to submit Trust fund account statement. Trust Fund Account Statement due 2/20/2013. Signed by Magistrate Judge Stephen L. Crocker on 1/28/2013. (jef),(ps)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN
_________________________________________________________________________________________
JASON S. RANKIN,
ORDER
Plaintiff,
v.

13-cv-66-wmc

SCOTT HORNE,
Defendant.

__________________________________________________________________________________
Plaintiff Jason Rankin, an inmate at the La Crosse County Jail in La Crosse, Wisconsin,
has submitted a proposed complaint. He requests leave to proceed in forma pauperis. A decision
on the request will be delayed until plaintiff pays an initial partial payment of the $350 filing
fee as required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b) and the 1996 Prison Litigation Reform Act. Plaintiff's
initial partial payment cannot be calculated at this time because he has not submitted a sixmonth inmate account statement with his complaint.
Plaintiff's complaint was filed on January 24, 2013. Plaintiff’s inmate account statement
should cover the six-month period beginning approximately July 24, 2012 and ending
approximately January 24, 2013. Once plaintiff has submitted the necessary statement, I will
calculate his initial partial payment and advise him of the amount he will have to pay before the
court can screen the merits of his complaint under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2). Plaintiff should
show a copy of this order to jail officials to insure that they are aware they should send a copy
of plaintiff’s six-month account statement to this court.

ORDER
IT IS ORDERED that plaintiff Jason Rankin may have until February 20, 2013, in which
to submit a certified copy of his inmate account statement for the period beginning
approximately July 24, 2012 and ending approximately January 24, 2013. If, by February 20,
2013, plaintiff fails to respond to this order, I will assume that he wishes to withdraw this action
voluntarily. In that event, the clerk of court is directed to close this case without prejudice to
plaintiff's filing his case at a later date.

Entered this 28th day of January, 2013.

BY THE COURT:
/s/
STEPHEN L. CROCKER
Magistrate Judge

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