Jacobsen v. Thienhaus

Full title: CRAIG L. JACOBSEN, JR., Plaintiff, v. O. THIENHAUS et al., Defendants.

Court: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEVADA

Date published: Mar 1, 2016

2:16-cv-00331-JAD-NJK (D. Nev. Mar. 1, 2016)

Opinion

2:16-cv-00331-JAD-NJK

03-01-2016

CRAIG L. JACOBSEN, JR., Plaintiff, v. O. THIENHAUS et al., Defendants.

NANCY J. KOPPE United States Magistrate Judge

ORDER

I. DISCUSSION

Plaintiff, who is a prisoner in the custody of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office in Phoenix, Arizona, has filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis. (ECF No. 1). Plaintiff has not filed a complaint in this matter.

Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 3, "[a] civil action is commenced by filing a complaint with the court." Fed. R. Civ. P. 3. As such, the Court grants Plaintiff thirty (30) days from the date of this order to submit a complaint to this Court. The Court will defer a decision on the application to proceed in forma pauperis until Plaintiff submits a proper initiating document for this case.

II. CONCLUSION

For the foregoing reasons, IT IS ORDERED that a decision on the application to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 1) is deferred.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff shall submit a complaint to this Court within thirty (30) days from the date of this order. . . . .

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall send to Plaintiff the approved form for filing a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint and instructions for the same.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that if Plaintiff does not timely comply with this order, dismissal of this action may result.

DATED: This 1st day of March, 2016.

/s/_________

NANCY J. KOPPE

United States Magistrate Judge