Opinion
Case No. 09-C-831.
August 31, 2009
ORDER
Plaintiff Means, who is proceeding pro se, lodged a civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that his civil rights were violated. As explained in other of the Plaintiff's cases, Plaintiff has accumulated three "strikes," and as such he must pay the entire filing fee up front. The motion to proceed in forma pauperis is therefore DENIED. Plaintiff must pay the $350 filing fee to the clerk of this court within 21 days or his case will be summarily dismissed. Moreover, failure to pay the filing fee will result in an order under Support Sys. Int'l, Inc. v. Mack, 45 F.3d 185 (7th Cir. 1995). An order under Mack requires the Clerk of Court to return civil complaints and related pleadings unfiled, without even presenting them to judges, until plaintiff's debt to the judicial system has been paid.