Opinion
No. 1:12-0062
06-28-2012
WENDELL WITHERSPOON and JACOB GOETHE Plaintiffs, v. SHERIFF ENOCH GEORGE, et al. Defendants.
JUDGE HAYNES
ORDER
Plaintiffs Wendell Witherspoon and Jacob Goethe are inmates at the Maury County Jail in Columbia, Tennessee. They have submitted a pro se complaint (Docket Entry No. 1) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and an application to proceed in forma pauperis (Docket Entry No. 2).
A prisoner seeking pauper status must include "a certified copy of the trust fund account statement (or institutional equivalent) for the prisoner for the 6-month period immediately preceding the filing of the complaint" along with his application to proceed in forma pauperis. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). Unfortunately, the Plaintiffs have neglected to provide such statements.
Accordingly, the Plaintiffs are hereby GRANTED thirty (30) days from the date of entry of this order on the docket in which to either pay the full filing fee or submit the aforementioned certified statements from the custodian of their inmate trust accounts.
The Plaintiffs are forewarned that, should they fail to timely comply with the instructions of the Court, their application to proceed in forma pauperis will be denied, the filing fee of three hundred fifty dollars ($350) will be assessed against them and collected from their inmate trust accounts, and this action will be dismissed for failure to comply with the instructions of the Court and for want of prosecution. McGore v. Wrigglesworth, 114 F.3d 601, 605 (6th Cir.1997); Rule 41(b), Fed. R. Civ. P.
It is so ORDERED.
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WILLIAM J. HAYNES, JR.
United States District Judge