Williams, Anthony v. Brown et al

Filing 4

ORDER on ifp request: Trust Fund Account Statement due 1/30/2017. Signed by Magistrate Judge Peter A. Oppeneer on 1/6/2017. (jef),(ps)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN
ANTHONY A. WILLIAMS, JR..,
Plaintiff,

ORDER

v.
Case No. 17-cv-11-bbc
CAPT. BROWN, e tal.
Defendants.

Plaintiff Anthony A. Williams, Jr.., a prisoner in the custody of the Wisconsin
Department of Corrections, has filed a proposed civil complaint. Plaintiff is a prisoner and,
therefore, subject to the 1996 Prisoner Litigation Reform Act. Plaintiff has requested leave to
proceed without prepayment of the filing fee, and submitted several uncertified monthly
inmate transaction statements to support this request. These statements are insufficient to
determine whether plaintiff qualifies for indigent status because plaintiff has not submitted a
certified copy of plaintiff’s inmate trust fund account statement (or institutional equivalent)
for the six-month period immediately preceding the filing of the complaint.
For this case to proceed, plaintiff must submit the certified trust fund account
statement no later than January 30, 2017. If I find that plaintiff is indigent, I will calculate
an initial partial payment amount that must be paid before the court can screen the merits of
the complaint under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2). Thereafter, plaintiff will be required to pay the
balance of the filing fee in installments.

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ORDER
IT IS ORDERED that plaintiff Anthony A. Williams, Jr.. may have until January 30,
2017 to submit a certified trust fund account statement for the period beginning
approximately July 1, 2016 and ending approximately January 1, 2017. If, by January 30,
2017, plaintiff fails to respond to this order, I will assume that plaintiff wishes to withdraw
this action voluntarily. In that event, the case will be closed without prejudice to plaintiff
filing the case at a later date.

Entered this 6th day of January, 2017.
BY THE COURT:

/a/
PETER OPPENEER
Magistrate Judge

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