Opinion
2:21-cv-1290 JDP P
07-27-2021
REGINALD EDWARD SPEARMAN, Plaintiff, v. PUBLIC DEFENDERS OFFICE, et al., Defendants.
ORDER
ALLISON CLAIRE, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE.
Plaintiff, a county inmate proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 together with a request for leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. ECF Nos. 1, 2. However, the certificate portion of the request which must be completed by plaintiff's institution of incarceration has not been filled out. See ECF No. 2 at 2. Also, plaintiff has not filed a certified copy of his inmate trust account statement for the six-month period immediately preceding the filing of the complaint. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). Plaintiff will be provided the opportunity to submit a completed in forma pauperis application and a certified copy in support of his application.
In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 1. Plaintiff shall submit, within thirty days from the date of this order, a completed affidavit in support of his request to proceed in forma pauperis on the form provided by the Clerk of Court;
2. The Clerk of Court is directed to send plaintiff a new Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis By a Prisoner, and
3. Plaintiff shall submit, within thirty days from the date of this order, a certified copy of his inmate trust account statement for the six-month period immediately preceding the filing of the complaint.
Plaintiff is warned that his failure to comply with this order will result in a recommendation that this action be dismissed without prejudice. DATED: July 27, 2021