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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MEBRHATO TSEHAI,

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-05-0135 DFL DAD P

vs.

TERESA A. SCHWARTZ, et al.,

Defendants. ORDER

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Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action seeking

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 together with an application to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant

to 28 U.S.C. § 1915.

Plaintiff’s complaint is dated January 15, 2005, and was filed on January 21,

2005. Plaintiff’s in forma pauperis application was signed by a prison official on September 28,

2004, and does not include a certified copy of plaintiff’s prison trust account statement for the six

month period immediately preceding the filing of the complaint. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). 

Although plaintiff has attached a copy of an order granting him leave to proceed in forma

pauperis in an older case, No. CIV F-04-6379 AWI WMW P, filed October 4, 2004, that order

does not demonstrate that plaintiff is entitled to proceed in forma pauperis in a case filed more

than three months later. Plaintiff’s in forma pauperis application will be denied without

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prejudice, and plaintiff will be granted thirty days to file a new application with a trust account

statement that includes the period from July 15, 2004, to January 15, 2005.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis is denied;

2. Plaintiff shall file, within thirty days from the date of this order, a properly

completed application to proceed in forma pauperis on the form provided with this order;

plaintiff’s new application must include a certified copy of his prison trust account statement that

includes the six month period from July 15, 2004, to January 15, 2005; plaintiff’s failure to

comply with this order will result in a recommendation that this action be dismissed without

prejudice; and

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: May 30, 2006.

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