Opinion
No. 3:12-1244
12-20-2012
MARSHALL H. MURDOCK Plaintiff, v. PATSY BRUCE, et al. Defendants.
Judge Sharp
ORDER
The plaintiff is an inmate at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville. He has submitted a pro se complaint (Docket Entry No.1) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and an application to proceed in forma pauperis (Docket Entry No.2).
A prisoner seeking pauper status must include "a certified copy of the trust fund account statement (or institutional equivalent) for the prisoner for the 6-month period immediately preceding the filing of the complaint" along with his application to proceed in forma pauperis. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). Unfortunately, the plaintiff has neglected to provide such a statement.
Accordingly, the plaintiff is hereby GRANTED thirty (30) days from the date of entry of this order on the docket in which to either pay the full filing fee of three hundred fifty dollars ($350) or submit the aforementioned certified statement from the custodian of his inmate trust account.
The plaintiff is forewarned that, should he fail to timely comply with the instructions of the Court, his application to proceed in forma pauperis will be denied, the filing fee of three hundred fifty dollars ($350) will be assessed against him and collected from his inmate trust account, and this action will be dismissed for failure to comply with the instructions of the Court and for want of prosecution. McGore v. Wrigglesworth, 114 F.3d 601, 605 (6th Cir.1997); Rule 41(b), Fed. R. Civ. P.
It is so ORDERED.
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Kevin H. Sharp
United States District Judge