Burton v. Fox

Full title: E.W. BURTON, Plaintiff, v. FOX, Defendant.

Court: United States District Court, Ninth Circuit, California, E.D. California

Date published: Sep 17, 2015

2:15-CV-1789-CMK-P (E.D. Cal. Sep. 17, 2015)

Opinion

E.W. BURTON, Plaintiff, v. FOX, Defendant. No. 2:15-CV-1789-CMK-P United States District Court, E.D. California. September 17, 2015

          ORDER

          CRAIG M. KELLISON, Magistrate Judge.

         Plaintiff, a prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

         Plaintiff has not filed a complete application to proceed in forma pauperis, along with a certified copy of his trust account statement for the six-month period immediately preceding the filing of the complaint, or paid the required filing fee. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a), 1915(a), (a)(2). Plaintiff's September 14, 2015, filing is incomplete in that plaintiff does not provide a copy of his prison trust account statement. Plaintiff will be provided the opportunity to submit either a completed application to proceed in forma pauperis or the appropriate filing fee. Plaintiff is warned that failure to resolve the fee status of this case within the time provided may result in the dismissal of this action for lack of prosecution and failure to comply with court rules and orders. See Local Rule 110.

         Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

         1. Plaintiff shall submit on the form provided by the Clerk of the Court, within 30 days from the date of this order, a complete application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis, with the required certified copy of his trust account statement, or the appropriate filing fee; and

         2. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send plaintiff a new form Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis By a Prisoner.