Opinion
Case No. 2:20-cv-00208-KJD-BNW
03-17-2020
TERRY R. COCHRANE, Plaintiff, v. NEVADA DEPARTMENT, et al., Defendants.
ORDER
I. DISCUSSION
This action is a pro se civil rights complaint filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by an individual who has now been released from the custody of the Nevada Department of Corrections. On January 30, 2020, Plaintiff submitted an application to proceed in forma pauperis for prisoners. (ECF No. 1). On February 5, 2020, this Court denied Plaintiff's application as incomplete and directed Plaintiff to file a fully complete application to proceed in forma pauperis or pay the full $400 filing fee within forty-five days from the date of the order. (ECF No. 3). On March 11, 2020, Plaintiff submitted a motion for extension of time for non-inmate in forma pauperis application and a notice of change of address advising the Court that Plaintiff has been released to a local halfway house. (ECF Nos. 6, 7). As such, the Court now directs Plaintiff to file an application to proceed in forma pauperis by a non-prisoner within sixty (60) days from the date of this order or pay the full filing fee of $400. 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.
II. CONCLUSION
For the foregoing reasons, IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff's motion for extension of time (ECF No. 6) is granted.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court SHALL SEND Plaintiff the approved form application to proceed in forma pauperis by a non-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 shall either: (1) file a fully complete application to proceed in forma pauperis for non-prisoners; or (2) pay the full filing fee of $400.
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 shall retain the complaint (ECF No. 1-1) but shall not file it at this time.
DATED: March 17, 2020
/s/_________
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE