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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 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STEPHEN CRUMP, 

Plaintiff(s),

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LARRY WARD,

Defendant(s).

 

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No. C 05-4950 CRB (PR)

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

(Doc # 2)

Plaintiff, a prisoner at San Quentin State Prison and a frequent litigant in

federal court, has filed a pro se complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 seeking an order

compelling prison officials to provide him with the Certificate of Funds in

Prisoner’s Account completed and signed by an authorized officer at the prison so

that he can submit it to the court along with the other components of the court’s

Prisoner’s Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis. Plaintiff claims that the

current practice of prison officials sending the certificates separately to the court

unnecessarily delays the court’s processing of his cases. Plaintiff also seeks

damages and leave to proceed in forma pauperis.

Plaintiff’s action is DISMISSED for failure to state a claim upon which

relief may be granted. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b). The attachments to the complaint

show that prison officials have instituted a policy of not giving the certified

statement to inmates directly in order to protect the integrity of the certification
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process. Instead, inmates must provide the trust account office with a completed

in forma pauperis application and, within 10 days, the trust office provides the

statement to the inmate to be placed in his legal mailing to the court in view of

prison officials. The adopted policy does not create an impediment or delay so

substantial as to implicate an inmate’s constitutional right of access to the courts. 

This court will heed the Supreme Court’s advice and, in the absence of substantial

evidence to the contrary, defer to prison officials' judgment regarding prison

administration. See Turner v. Safley, 482 U.S. 78, 86 (1987); see also Wright v.

Rushen, 642 F.2d 1129, 1132 (9th Cir. 1981) (courts should avoid enmeshing

themselves in minutiae of prison operations in name of constitution),

For the foregoing reasons, plaintiff's request to proceed in forma pauperis

(doc # 2) is DENIED and the complaint is DISMISSED under the authority of 28

U.S.C. § 1915A(b). 

The clerk shall enter judgment in accordance with this order, terminate all

pending motions as moot, and close the file. No fee is due.

SO ORDERED.

DATED: December 08, 2005 

CHARLES R. BREYER

United States District Judge