Opinion
1:11-cv-01222-MJS (PC)
08-01-2011
LOFOFORA EVA CONTRERAZ, et al., Plaintiffs, v. DIRECTOR OF CDCR, et al., Defendants.
ORDER TO SUBMIT APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS
OR PAY FILING FEE WITHIN 45 DAYS
Plaintiffs Lofofora Eva Contreraz, Natalie Alvarez, Jessica Williams ("Plaintiffs") are state prisoners proceeding pro se in a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiffs have not paid the $350.00 filing fee, or submitted an application to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915.
Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
Within forty-five (45) days of the date of service of this order, one of the Plaintiffs shall submit the attached application to proceed in forma pauperis, completed and signed, or in the alternative, pay the $350.00 filing fee for this action. No requests for extension will be granted without a showing of good cause. Within sixty (60) days of the date of service of this order, the Plaintiff filing to proceed in forma pauperis shall submit a certified copy of his/her prison trust statement for the six month period immediately preceding the filing of the complaint.
In this Court's experience, an action brought by multiple plaintiffs proceeding pro se in which one or more of the plaintiffs is incarcerated presents procedural problems that cause delay and confusion. In the event that the Court orders that the Plaintiffs be severed, the two Plaintiffs who do not submit an application to proceed in forma pauperis in accordance with this Order, will be ordered to submit a separate application to proceed in forma pauperis or pay the $350.00 filing fee at that time.
Failure to comply with this order will result in dismissal of this action.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE ____