Opinion
CASE NO. 5:11-CV-496-MTT-MSH 42 U.S.C. § 1983
12-29-2011
TERRY LEE COLEMAN, Plaintiff, v. Sergeant MARY GORE, et al., Defendants
ORDER
Plaintiff Terry Lee Coleman, an inmate at Central State Prison, filed a pro se 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights action. The filing fee for a civil action is $350.00. 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). A prisoner seeking to proceed without prepayment of the fee must submit both an in forma pauperis application and a certified copy of the trust fund account statement (or institutional equivalent) for the six-month period immediately preceding the filing of the complaint. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). Although Plaintiff has submitted an in forma pauperis application, the trust fund account statement he provided is dated July 18, 2011 (ECF No. 2). The Court cannot evaluate Plaintiff's current ability to pay the filing fee with information that is five months old.
Should Plaintiff choose to proceed with this action, he must submit, within twenty-one (21) days of the date of this Order, a trust fund account statement for the immediately preceding six months. Failure to comply with this Order may result in the dismissal of Plaintiff's complaint. There shall be no service of process in this case until further order of the Court.
Stephen Hyles
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE