Dangerfield, Alphoncy v. Waterman et al

Filing 6

ORDER that plaintiff Alphoncy Dangerfield submit Trust Fund Account Statement due by 4/17/2017. Signed by Magistrate Judge Peter A. Oppeneer on 3/24/2017. (nln),(ps)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN
ALPHONCY DANGERFIELD,
Plaintiff,

ORDER

v.
Case No. 17-cv-230-jdp
MS. WATERMAN, et al.,
Defendants.

Plaintiff Alphoncy Dangerfield, 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 an uncertified monthly inmate
transaction statement from March 11 through March 17, 2017 to support this request. This
statement is 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 April 17, 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 Alphoncy Dangerfield may have until April 17, 2017
to submit a certified trust fund account statement for the period beginning approximately
September 19, 2016 and ending approximately March 19, 2017.

If, by April 17, 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 24th day of March, 2017.
BY THE COURT:

/s/
PETER OPPENEER
Magistrate Judge

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