Opinion
2:22-cv-1961 AC P
11-14-2022
RAUL VALENZUELA CERVANTES, Plaintiff, v. PORTER, et al., Defendants.
ORDER
ALLISON CLAIRE, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Plaintiff, a state prisoner currently being detained at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles, California who is proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 together with a request for leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. ECF No. 1, 2. However, the second page of the application is missing. This page contains a certificate portion of the request which must be completed by plaintiff's institution of incarceration.
In addition, plaintiff has not filed a certified copy of his inmate trust account statement for the six-month period immediately preceding the filing of the complaint. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). Plaintiff will be provided the opportunity to submit a completed in forma pauperis application and a certified copy of his inmate trust account statement in support of his application.
In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
1. The Clerk of Court shall send plaintiff a new Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis By a Prisoner;
2. Plaintiff's request to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 2) is DISREGARDED as incomplete, and
3. Within thirty days from the date of this order, plaintiff shall submit the following:
a. A completed affidavit in support of his request to proceed in forma pauperis on the form provided by the Clerk of Court, and
b. A certified copy of his inmate trust account statement for the six-month period immediately preceding the filing of the complaint.
Plaintiff's failure to comply with this order will result in a recommendation that this action be dismissed without prejudice.