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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PABLO MENDOZA CHAVEZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

KINGS COUNTY, et al., 

Defendants.

Case No. 1:20-cv-00369-SAB (PC)

ORDER REQUIRING PLAINTIFF TO FILE 

COMPLETED APPLICATION TO PROCEED 

IN FORMA PAUPERIS OR PAY FILING FEE

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO 

FORWARD ORDER TO SHERIFF OF KINGS 

COUNTY JAIL

THIRTY (30) DAY DEADLINE

Plaintiff Pablo Mendoza Chavez is proceeding pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 

42 U.S.C. § 1983. 

Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis, filed on 

March 11, 2020. (ECF No. 2.)

However, Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis is incomplete. Specifically, 

the certificate portion of the application is not filled-out, dated, and signed by an authorized 

officer of the Kings County Jail and there is no certified copy of Plaintiff’s Kings County Jail 

trust account statement for the six-month period immediately preceding the filing of Plaintiff’s 

complaint attached to the application as the instructions require. Plaintiff must submit a 

completed application, including a certified copy of his trust account statement from the Shasta

County Jail, if he wishes for his application to proceed in forma pauperis to be considered by the 

Court.

In the portion of Plaintiff’s in forma pauperis application where an authorized officer of 

the institution where Plaintiff is incarcerated is supposed to fill out and sign the certification, 

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Plaintiff wrote: “Note Deputys (sic) refused to sign.” (ECF No. 2, at 2.) The Court construes this 

note as an indication that Plaintiff was unable to obtain an authorized officer from the Kings 

County Jail, where Plaintiff is currently housed, to fill out and sign the certification in Plaintiff’s 

in forma pauperis application. In light of Plaintiff’s apparent difficulties in obtaining cooperation 

of Kings County Jail officers to complete Plaintiff’s in forma pauperis application and obtain a 

certified copy of Plaintiff’s inmate trust account statement, the Court finds it appropriate to 

forward a copy of this order to the Sheriff of the Kings County Jail.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve a blank in forma pauperis application 

for a prisoner on Plaintiff;

2. The Clerk of the Court is directed to forward a copy of this order and of Plaintiff’s 

in forma pauperis application, (ECF No. 2), to the Sheriff of the Kings County

Jail, via mail, at P.O. Box 1699, Hanford, CA 93230, so that they may be made 

aware of the difficulty that Plaintiff is experiencing in obtaining the assistance 

necessary to complete his application to proceed in forma pauperis;

3. Within thirty (30) days from the date of service of this order, Plaintiff shall file

the attached application to proceed in forma pauperis, completed and signed, 

including a certified copy of his jail trust account statement for the past six 

months, or, in the alternative, pay the $400.00 filing fee for this action;

4. No extension of time will be granted without a showing of good cause; and

5. Plaintiff is warned that the failure to comply with this order will result in the 

recommendation dismissal of this action, without prejudice.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 12, 2020 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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