Opinion
Case No. 2:19-cv-01918-JAD-VCF
01-08-2020
JOHN ARTHUR BONNER, Plaintiff, v. JERRY HOWELL, et al., Defendants.
ORDER
I. DISCUSSION
On October 30, 2019, Plaintiff, an inmate in the custody of the Nevada Department of Corrections ("NDOC"), submitted a civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (ECF No. 1-1). Plaintiff neither paid the full $400 filing fee nor filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis. On November 5, 2019, this Court ordered Plaintiff to file a fully complete application to proceed in forma pauperis, on the correct form with complete financial attachments, including both an inmate account statement for the past six months and a properly executed financial certificate, or pay the full $400 filing fee for a civil action. On January 6, 2020, Plaintiff filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis. (ECF No. 4). However, Plaintiff's application to proceed in forma pauperis is incomplete.
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2) and Local Rule LSR 1-2, Plaintiff must complete an application to proceed in forma pauperis and attach both an inmate account statement for the past six months and a properly executed financial certificate. Plaintiff has not submitted an inmate account statement for the past six months and a properly executed financial certificate. As such, Plaintiff's application to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 4) is denied without prejudice.
The Court will retain Plaintiff's civil rights complaint (ECF No. 1-1), but will not file it until the matter of the payment of the filing fee is resolved. Plaintiff will be granted one final opportunity to cure the deficiencies of his application to proceed in forma pauperis, or in the alternative, pay the full $400 filing fee for this action. If Plaintiff chooses to file a new application to proceed in forma pauperis, he must file a fully complete application to proceed in forma pauperis and attach both an inmate account statement for the past six months and a properly executed financial certificate. If Plaintiff files another incomplete application to proceed in forma pauperis, the Court will dismiss the case in its entirety, without prejudice, to file a new case when Plaintiff is able to acquire the necessary documents to file a complete application to proceed in forma pauperis.
II. CONCLUSION
For the foregoing reasons, IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff's application to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 4) is DENIED without prejudice to file a new application.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court WILL SEND Plaintiff the approved form application to proceed in forma pauperis by a prisoner, as well as the document entitled information and instructions for filing an in forma pauperis application.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that within sixty (60) days from the date of this order, Plaintiff will either: (1) file a fully complete application to proceed in forma pauperis, on the correct form with complete financial attachments, including an inmate account statement for the past six months and a properly executed financial certificate, in compliance with 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a); or (2) pay the full $400 fee for filing a civil action (which includes the $350 filing fee and the $50 administrative fee).
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that if Plaintiff's next application to proceed in forma pauperis is incomplete, the Court will dismiss the case, without prejudice, for Plaintiff to file a new case when he is able to acquire the necessary documents to file a complete application to proceed in forma pauperis.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that if Plaintiff does not timely comply with this order, dismissal of this action may result. / / / / / / / / / / / /
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court will retain the complaint (ECF No. 1-1), but will not file it at this time.
DATED: 1-8-2020
/s/_________
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE