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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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Plaintiff is a prisoner at the San Joaquin County Jail.

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Plaintiff filed a complaint on January 15, 2007. He then filed another complaint 2

on February 20, 2008, and an amended complaint on May 5, 2008. Plaintiff’s complaints will be

addressed separately.

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LARRY GANNER, No. CIV S-07-2597-LKK-CMK-P

Plaintiff, 

vs. ORDER

ERIC AZARVAND,

Defendant.

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Plaintiff, a prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action pursuant to 42

U.S.C. § 1983. On December 14, 2007, the court directed plaintiff to file a complaint that 1

complies with the requirements of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and also to resolve the

fee status for this case. Because plaintiff had not complied with the requirements to resolve 2

fees, the court issued findings and recommendations that the case be dismissed for lack of

prosecution and failure to comply with court rules and orders. In objections filed on February 8,

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2008, plaintiff sought additional time to resolve fees. The court vacated the findings and

recommendations and granted plaintiff an extension of time. 

Plaintiff filed an application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis on March 3,

2008. That application, however, did not contain a certified copy of plaintiff’s trust account

statement. On March 26, 2008, the court directed plaintiff to correct this deficiency. On April

10, 2008, plaintiff submitted another application to proceed in forma pauperis. That application,

however, also did not contain a certified copy of plaintiff’s trust account statement. Plaintiff

alleges that his case worker is ignoring his requests for this document and asks the court to order

the prison to provide the trust account statement. Rather than ordering action from the prison, on

April 21, 2008, the court granted plaintiff an extension of time to submit a certified trust account

statement. 

On May 20, 2008, plaintiff submitted documents in which he continues to assert

that jail officials are ignoring his request to be provided a copy of his trust account statement to

forward to the court as directed. It thus appears that plaintiff’s inability to comply with the

court’s orders is no fault of his own, but is due to the inaction of jail officials. Because plaintiff

has otherwise demonstrated by affidavit that he is indigent and entitled to in forma pauperis

status, see 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a), the court will conditionally grant his applications subject to later

submission of a certified copy of this jail trust account statement. By separate order the court

will direct officials at the San Joaquin County Jail to submit a certified copy of plaintiff’s trust

account statement. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s motions for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (Docs. 16 and

20) are granted;

2. Plaintiff is required to pay the full statutory filing fee of $350.00 for this

action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a) and 1915(b)(1);

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3. No initial partial filing fee will be assessed pursuant to 28 U.S.C.

§ 1915(b)(1); and

4. Plaintiff will be obligated for monthly payments of twenty percent of the

preceding month’s income credited to plaintiff’s prison trust account, such payments to be

forwarded by the appropriate agency to the Clerk of the Court each time the amount in plaintiff’s

account exceeds $10.00, until the statutory filing fee is paid in full, pursuant to 28 U.S.C.

§ 1915(b)(2).

DATED: May 27, 2008

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CRAIG M. KELLISON

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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