Opinion
Case No. 3:19-cv-00677-MMD-CLB
11-18-2019
CAMERON CHURCH, Plaintiff v. WASHOE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE et al., Defendants
ORDER
I. DISCUSSION
On November 8, 2019, Plaintiff, an inmate in the custody of the Washoe County Detention Center ("WCDC"), submitted a civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis. (ECF Nos. 1-1, 1).
Plaintiff's application to proceed in forma pauperis is incomplete. Under 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. (See ECF No. 1). 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 an opportunity to cure the deficiencies of his application to proceed in forma pauperis by filing an inmate account statement, or in the alternative, pay the full filing fee for this action. If Plaintiff fails to file an inmate account statement, 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 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 thirty (30) days from the date of this order, Plaintiff will either: (1) file an inmate account statement 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 fails to timely file an inmate account statement, 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.
DATED: November 18, 2019.
/s/_________
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE