Griffin, Keith v. Perez, V. et al

Filing 6

ORDER on ifp request: Plaintiff to submit a certified Trust Fund Account Statement by 3/26/2025. Signed by Magistrate Judge Andrew R. Wiseman on 03/05/2025. (acd),(ps)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN
KEITH GRIFFIN,

v.

Plaintiff,

ORDER
Case No. 25-cv-145-jdp

OFFICER V. PEREZ et al.,
Defendants.

Plaintiff Keith Griffin, an inmate in the custody of the Dane County Jail, has filed a
proposed civil complaint. Plaintiff is an inmate and, therefore, subject to the 1996 Prisoner
Litigation Reform Act. Plaintiff has requested leave to proceed without prepayment of the
filing fee and has submitted one commissary statement to support his 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 a certified trust fund account statement
no later than March 26, 2025. If I find that plaintiff is indigent, I will calculate an initial
partial payment of the $350 filing fee that plaintiff must pay before the court can screen the
complaint on the merits under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2). Thereafter, plaintiff will be required
to pay the balance of the filing fee in installments.

ORDER
IT IS ORDERED that plaintiff Keith Griffin may have until March 26, 2025 to submit
a certified trust fund account statement for the period beginning approximately August 26,

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2024 and ending approximately February 26, 2025. If plaintiff fails to respond to this order
by March 26, 2025, I will assume that plaintiff wishes to withdraw this action voluntarily. In
that event, the case will be dismissed without prejudice to plaintiff filing at a later date.

Entered this 5th day of March, 2025.
BY THE COURT:

/s/
ANDREW R. WISEMAN
United States Magistrate Judge

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