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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RONALD ORTIZ, ) 

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Plaintiff, )

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v. )

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GOODWILL INDUSTRIES, at al., ) 

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Defendants. )

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1:06-cv-1268-OWW-SMS 

ORDER DIRECTING PLAINTIFF TO FILE

A COMPLETED APPLICATION TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS OR PAY

THE $350.00 FILING FEE WITHIN

THIRTY DAYS OF THE DATE OF

SERVICE OF THIS ORDER 

ORDER DIRECTING THE CLERK TO SEND

TO PLAINTIFF A BLANK IN FORMA

PAUPERIS APPLICATION FOR A PERSON

IN CUSTODY

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se who filed a

civil action on September 14, 2006. Pending before the Court is

Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis, filed on

the same date.

Plaintiff’s application was incomplete. Although the

certificate of an authorized officer was completed, signed, and

dated, Plaintiff did not submit a trust account statement.

Plaintiff is required to submit an original, signed prison trust

account statement that includes the entire six-month period

immediately preceding the filing of the complaint. See 28 U.S.C.

§ 1915(a)(2). Plaintiff will be provided the opportunity either

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to pay the $350.00 filing fee or submit a completed application,

with a signed certificate and an original certified copy of his

trust account statement covering the full six-month period in

support of his request to proceed in forma pauperis.

In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that

within thirty days of the date of service of this order,

Plaintiff shall either submit a completed application to proceed

in forma pauperis, including a signed certificate and an original

certified copy of his prison trust account statement for the sixmonth period immediately preceding the filing of the complaint,

or, in the alternative, pay the $350.00 filing fee for this

action. Plaintiff’s failure to comply with this order will result

in a recommendation that this action be dismissed.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 21, 2006 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

icido3 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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