Opinion
Case No. 3:13-cv-00173
03-06-2013
THOMAS CALDWELL, Plaintiff, v. JANET PELMORE and CORRECTIONS CORP. OF AMERICA, Defendants.
Judge Trauger
ORDER
Plaintiff Thomas Caldwell, an individual currently detained or incarcerated at the Metro-Davidson County Detention Facility in Nashville, Tennessee, filed his pro se complaint in this action (ECF No. 1), along with an Application to Proceed in Forma Pauperis (ECF No. 2). The application, however, is not accompanied by 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," as required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2).
Accordingly, the plaintiff is DIRECTED to submit a copy of his trust-fund account statement in compliance with § 1915(a)(2). The plaintiff's submission must state the docket number of this case on its face (No. 3:13-cv-173). The court may not address the merits of the plaintiff's application, or his complaint, until the trust fund account statement has been filed. The plaintiff MUST submit the document requested within 30 days of the date this order is entered on the docket. The plaintiff's failure to do so, or to request an extension of time for doing so, within that 30-day period may result in the dismissal of the plaintiff's claims for failure to prosecute and failure to comply with the court's order.
It is so ORDERED.
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Aleta A. Trauger
United States District Judge