Opinion
3:23-cv-100-CDL-CHW
10-06-2023
DEVONTAI NATHANIEL TAYLOR, Plaintiff, v. Lieutenant BARNES; BLAKE ROWE, Defendants.
PROCEEDINGS UNDER 42 U.S.C. § 1983 BEFORE THE U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Charles H. Weigle, United States Magistrate Judge.
Plaintiff Devontai Nathaniel Taylor, a pretrial detainee in the Morgan County Detention Center in Madison, Georgia, filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint. ECF No. 1. He also moved to proceed in forma pauperis. ECF No. 2.
The Court has reviewed Plaintiff's motion to proceed in forma pauperis and finds it is incomplete. A prisoner or pretrial detainee seeking leave to proceed in forma pauperis must submit (1) an affidavit in support of his claim of indigence and (2) “a certified copy of [his] trust fund account statement (or institutional equivalent) . . . for the 6-month period immediately preceding the filing of the complaint.” 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1)-(2). Plaintiff has failed to submit a certified copy of his trust fund account statement.
Accordingly, Plaintiff is ORDERED to submit a proper motion to proceed without the prepayment of the filing fee, which should include a certified copy of his trust fund account statement. The Clerk is DIRECTED to provide Plaintiff with a copy of the appropriate forms for this purpose.
Plaintiff shall have FOURTEEN (14) DAYS from the date shown on this Order to comply. If Plaintiff does not timely and fully comply with this Order, this action will be dismissed. Plaintiff is further ORDERED to notify the Court immediately in writing of any change of address. There shall be no service of process in this case until further order of the Court.
So ORDERED and DIRECTED.