Opinion
2:12-cv-01593-GMN-VCF
01-09-2013
JESSE A. ROSS, Plaintiff, v. GREG ARMS, et al., Defendants.
ORDER
This is a prisoner civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has filed an amended complaint (ECF #5). However, plaintiff's application to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF #1) is incomplete. The Financial Certificate signed by an authorized officer and the inmate institutional account statements are missing. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1)-(2); Local Rules of Special Proceedings 1-1, 1-2. Accordingly, plaintiff's action is dismissed without prejudice. If plaintiff wishes to pursue this matter, he should file a new action, with a new case number, along with either the $350 filing fee or a completed application to proceed in forma pauperis on the court-approved form. The application must be accompanied by all required financial documentation, including the institutional account statement, as described in the instructions for use of the form.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that plaintiff's application to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF #1) is DENIED as incomplete.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this action is DISMISSED without prejudice.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk SHALL SEND plaintiff the approved forms for filing a civil rights lawsuits under 42 U.S.C. §1983, an Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis by a prisoner, as well as the document "Information and Instructions for Filing a Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis."
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk shall enter judgment accordingly and close this case.
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Gloria M. Navarro
United States District Judge