Opinion
1:13CV308
04-18-2013
RONALD L. NOBLE, Plaintiff, v. TABOR CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION, Defendant(s).
ORDER AND RECOMMENDATION
OF UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Plaintiff, a prisoner of the State of North Carolina, has submitted paper writing complaining about conditions and events at two North Carolina Prisons. Considering the nature of the allegations, the Court has construed this filing as a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The form of the Complaint is such that serious flaws make it impossible to further process the Complaint. The problems are: 1. Filing fee was not received nor was a proper affidavit to proceed in forma pauperis submitted, with sufficient information completed or signed by Plaintiff, to permit review. 2. The Complaint is not on forms prescribed for use by this Court, nor is the information requested by such forms and necessary to process the Complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A contained in Plaintiff's submission. See LR 7.1(e).
Consequently, the Complaint should be dismissed, but without prejudice to Plaintiff filing a new complaint, on the proper § 1983 forms, which corrects the defects of the present Complaint. To the extent Petitioner chooses to file a new Complaint, the Court also notes that it appears that the potential defendants may be located in the Eastern District of North Carolina, where Plaintiff is housed. The events challenged in the Complaint are all alleged to have occurred there as well. Therefore, it appears that venue would be proper in that District, and Petitioner may obtain forms and instructions from the Clerk's Office for filing in that District. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). The address is: 310 New Bern Avenue, Room 574, Raleigh, NC 27601.
If Plaintiff chooses to re-file his complaint here in this District, he should correct all of the matters noted above and should also include a statement addressing the proper venue in this case, for the Court's consideration in determining whether this case must be transferred to a proper district pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406.
In forma pauperis status is granted for the sole purpose of entering this Order and Recommendation.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that in forma pauperis status is granted for the sole purpose of entering this Order and Recommendation.
IT IS RECOMMENDED that this action be filed and dismissed sua sponte without prejudice to Plaintiff filing a new complaint, on the proper § 1983 forms, which corrects the defects cited above.
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Joe L. Webster
United States Magistrate Judge