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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

TODD ROBBEN, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

CITY OF SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:16-cv-2696-WBS-EFB P 

ORDER 

Plaintiff is a county inmate proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 

U.S.C. § 1983. He has submitted an affidavit requesting leave to proceed in forma pauperis 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1), but has failed to submit a certified trust account statement. 

According to plaintiff, “the Sheriff refuses to sign any certified statement.” ECF No. 10. 

 Section 1915(a)(2) requires “a prisoner seeking to bring a civil action without prepayment 

of fees or security therefor, in addition to filing the affidavit filed under paragraph (1), shall 

submit 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 . . . , obtained 

from the appropriate official of each prison at which the prisoner is or was confined.” Plaintiff 

has not submitted a certified copy of his trust account statement or the institutional equivalent. 

 Accordingly, the court will afford plaintiff a third opportunity to submit the required trust 

account statement. If plaintiff is unable to comply with this order, he must submit to the court a 

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copy of his request for a copy of his certified trust account statement along with any response 

received from jail officials. Failure to comply with this order within 30 days will result in a 

recommendation of dismissal. The Clerk of the court is directed to send to plaintiff a new form 

Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis by a Prisoner. 

 So ordered. 

Dated: January 17, 2017. 

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