Opinion
No. CIV S-11-2068 EFB P
08-22-2011
DANIEL JESUS ARZAGA, Plaintiff, v. LOVETT, Defendant.
ORDER
Plaintiff, a prisoner without counsel, has filed a complaint alleging civil rights violations. See 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He has submitted an affidavit requesting leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1).
Section 1915(a)(2) requires "a prisoner seeking to bring a civil action without prepayment of fees or security therefor, in addition to filing the affidavit filed under paragraph (1), shall submit 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 . . . , obtained from the appropriate official of each prison at which the prisoner is or was confined." Plaintiff's copy of his trust account statement is not certified. He may comply with § 1915(a)(2) by having prison officials complete the "Certificate" portion of the form application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis or by submitting a copy of his trust account statement that has been certified.
Accordingly, plaintiff has 30 days from the date this order is served to submit the required trust account statement. Failure to comply with this order will result in a recommendation that this action be dismissed. The Clerk of the court is directed to send to plaintiff a new form Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis by a Prisoner.
So ordered.
EDMUND F. BRENNAN
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE