Opinion
No. 3:12-cv-01319
12-28-2012
JEROME PERKINS, Plaintiff, v. WILSON COUNTY JAIL, et al., Defendants.
Judge Campbell
ORDER
The plaintiff, an inmate at the Wilson County Jail in Lebanon, Tennessee, brings this pro se action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (Docket No. 1). The plaintiff has submitted an application to proceed in forma pauperis. (Docket No. 2).
The plaintiff's application to proceed in forma pauperis is defective because he has not provided a certified copy of his inmate trust fund account statement for the six (6) month period immediately preceding the filing of his complaint as required by 28 U.S.C.§ 1915(a)(2). Therefore, the plaintiff shall submit to the court within thirty (30) days of the date of service of this order either a certified copy of his inmate trust fund account statement for the six (6) month period immediately preceding the date that he receives this order, or the full three hundred fifty dollar ($350.00) filing fee.
The plaintiff is forewarned that, if he does not comply with this order within the time specified, the court is required to presume that he is not a pauper, assess the full amount of filing fee, and order the case dismissed for want of prosecution. McGore v. Wrigglesworth, 114 F.3d 601, 605 (6th Cir. 1997), overruled on other grounds by Jones v. Bock, 549 U.S. 199 (2007). If the case is dismissed under these circumstances, it will not be reinstated to the court's active docket despite any subsequent correction of the documentary deficiency, or payment of the filing fee. Id.
An extension of time to submit the required six (6) month statement, or to pay the $350.00 filing fee, may be requested from this court if a motion for an extension of time is filed within thirty (30) days of the date of entry of this order. Id. at 605; Floyd v. United States Postal Service, 105 F.3d 274, 279 (6th Cir. 1997), superseded on other grounds by Rule 24, Fed. R. App. P.
It is so ORDERED.
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Todd J. Campbell
United States District Judge