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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

DOUGLAS MACKENZIE,

Plaintiff,

v.

DEBRA M. CORNEZ,

Defendant.

No. 2:15-cv-0380 KJN P

ORDER

Plaintiff, a civil detainee at Coalinga State Hospital proceeding pro se, has filed a civil 

rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, together with an application for leave to proceed in 

forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Plaintiff has not, however, filed his application for 

leave to proceed in forma pauperis on the form used by this district. Plaintiff correctly asserts in 

his filed application (ECF No. 2) that as a civil detainee, he is not subject to the Prison Litigation 

Reform Act’s financial reporting requirements, and therefore need not submit a certified copy of 

his prisoner trust fund account statement for the past six months. See Page v. Torrey, 201 F.3d 

1136 (9th Cir. 2000). Nevertheless, plaintiff is still required to complete the remaining portions 

of the court’s form Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis By a Prisoner so that the court may 

properly evaluate his ability to pay the required filing fee. Accordingly, plaintiff’s application 

will be dismissed and plaintiff will be provided the opportunity to submit the application on the 

appropriate form.

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

1. Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 2) is dismissed without 

prejudice;

2. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send plaintiff a new Application to Proceed In 

Forma Pauperis By a Prisoner; and

3. Plaintiff shall submit, within thirty days from the date of this order, a completed 

application to proceed in forma pauperis, except that plaintiff need not submit a certified copy of 

his prisoner trust fund account statement for the past six months. Plaintiff’s failure to comply 

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

Dated: March 2, 2015

/mack0380.3d

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