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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

DONOVAN L. HALEY,

Plaintiff,

v.

ROBERT L. DAVIS, et al.

Defendants.

No. 2:15-cv-0091 DAD P

ORDER

Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 

U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has not paid the required filing fee of $350.00 plus the $50.00 

administrative fee nor has he filed a complete application to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP). See

28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a) & 1915(a). Instead, plaintiff has filed an uncertified application to proceed 

in forma pauperis, in which he asserts that he “requested that state officials fill out the form but 

they refused.” (ECF No. 7 at 2.) 

A review of this court’s records shows that this case is one of at least ten civil rights 

actions plaintiff has filed in this district since 2012. The court dismissed three of those cases due 

to plaintiff’s failure to submit a complete application to proceed in forma pauperis. See Haley v. 

Raugh, No. 1:13-cv-2082 LJO JLT; Haley v. Beebe, No. 1:14-cv-0017 LJO GSA; Haley v. 

Collum, No. 1:14-cv-0233 LJO GSA. In the action filed most recently after this case, plaintiff 

claimed, once again, that prison officials have refused to sign the certificate required to complete 

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his IFP application. See Haley v. Lizarraga, No. 2:15-cv0466 AC (ECF No. 5-1 at 2).1

Plaintiff’s record of failing to submit complete IFP applications and this court’s receipt of 

signed IFP certificates in thousands of other cases, virtually all without allegations of obstruction 

by prison officials, causes the undersigned to question whether plaintiff has made a full, good 

faith attempt to obtain the required documentation. Plaintiff will therefore be allowed another 

opportunity to file a complete IFP application. Any further allegations by plaintiff that prison 

officials are refusing to provide him the necessary certification must be supported by convincing 

proof submitted to this court under penalty of perjury. 

Plaintiff is cautioned that in addition to the section of the IFP application that must be 

completed and signed by a prison official, the application must also include a certified copy of 

plaintiff’s prison trust account statement for the six-month period immediately preceding the 

filing of this action. Ordinarily certification of a prison trust account statement is signified by a 

stamp showing that it is an official copy. Plaintiff has submitted a copy of a trust account 

statement in this case, but it bears no stamp or other certification that it is an official and accurate 

record. 

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

1. The motion to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 7) is denied.

2. Plaintiff shall submit, within thirty days from the date of this order, either the $350.00 

filing fee plus the $50.00 administrative fee or a properly completed application to proceed in 

forma pauperis on the form provided with this order. Plaintiff is cautioned that failure to comply 

with this order or seek an extension of time to do so will result in dismissal of this action without 

prejudice.

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1 Other judges of this court have dismissed two other actions filed by plaintiff with instructions 

that each be recorded as a “strike” under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). See Haley v. California Dept. of 

Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al., No. 1:13-cv-0226 AWI GSA; Haley v. Lackner, et al., No. 

1:13-cv-1403 LJO GSA.

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3. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send plaintiff an Application to Proceed In Forma 

Pauperis By a Prisoner for use in a civil rights action.

Dated: September 4, 2015

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dono0091.ifp

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