Pearson, David v. Verse, Jim

Filing 4

ORDER on ifp request: Complaint taken under advisement for screening. Signed by Magistrate Judge Stephen L. Crocker on 7/29/2022. (jef),(ps)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN
DAVID ANTHONY PEARSON JR.,
Plaintiff,
v.
CAPTAIN JIM VERSE,

ORDER
Case No. 22-cv-409-jdp

Defendant.

Plaintiff David Anthony Pearson Jr., inmate in the custody of the La Crosse County
Jail, has submitted an inmate account statement for the six-month period preceding the filing
of the complaint in support of the motion to proceed without prepayment of the filing fee.
Using information for the relevant time period from plaintiff’s trust fund account statement,
it appears that plaintiff presently has no means with which to pay the filing fee or to make an
initial partial payment. Under these circumstances, the court will grant plaintiff’s motion for
leave to proceed without prepayment of the filing fee but will not assess an initial partial filing
fee. Even if this court ultimately determines that plaintiff’s complaint cannot go forward,
plaintiff is advised that the full $350 filing fee for indigent litigants remains plaintiff’s
obligation. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2).
Because plaintiff is inmate, plaintiff is subject to the Prison Litigation Reform Act,
which requires the court to screen the complaint to determine whether any portion is frivolous
or malicious, fails to state a claim on which relief may be granted or seeks monetary relief from
a defendant who is immune from such relief.

ORDER
IT IS ORDERED that,
1.

The motion filed by plaintiff David Anthony Pearson Jr. for leave to proceed

without prepayment of the filing fee is GRANTED.
2.

No further action will be taken in this case until the court has screened the

complaint as required by the Prisoner Litigation Reform Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2). Once
the screening process is complete, a separate order will issue.

Entered this 29th day of July, 2022.
BY THE COURT:

/s/
STEPHEN L. CROCKER
Magistrate Judge

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