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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 

STEVEN GARDUNO, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

MIKE MCDONALD, Warden, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:15-cv-2370 AC P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff, a state prisoner 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. There are three problems with plaintiff’s request to proceed in forma pauperis. 

First, although plaintiff states on the form that he is currently employed, he does not state the 

amount of his pay in the space provided. Second, the certificate portion of the request (which 

must be completed by an authorized officer at plaintiff’s place of incarceration) has not been 

completed. Third, plaintiff has not filed a certified copy of his prison 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 new and fully completed 

request to proceed in forma pauperis together with a certified copy of his prison trust account 

statement for the six-month period preceding the filing of his complaint. 

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 In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

 1. Plaintiff shall, within thirty days after the filing date of this order, submit to the court: 

 (a) a completed affidavit in support of his request to proceed in forma pauperis on the 

form provided herewith by the Clerk of Court; and 

 (b) a certified copy of his prison trust account statement for the six-month period 

immediately preceding the filing of his complaint. 

2. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send plaintiff a new Application to Proceed In 

Forma Pauperis By a Prisoner. 

 3. Plaintiff’s failure to comply with this order will result in a recommendation that this 

action be dismissed without prejudice. 

DATED: November 19, 2015 

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