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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

CHRISTOPHER M. STONE,

Plaintiff,

v.

STANISLAUS COUNTY SUPERIOR 

COURT, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:14-cv-01639---SAB

ORDER DENYING APPLICATION TO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS AND 

REQUIRING PLAINTIFF TO FILE LONG FORM 

APPLICATION

(ECF No. 3)

TWENTY DAY DEADLINE

Plaintiff Christopher, appearing pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 

1983, filed a complaint on October 20, 2014. Plaintiff did not pay the filing fee in this action and 

instead filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. However, 

Plaintiff’s application was not adequately completed. 

Initially, Plaintiff did not sign the application. Unsigned documents cannot be considered 

by the Court, and Plaintiff’s application shall be stricken from the record on that ground. Fed. R. 

Civ. P. 11(a); Local Rule 131(b). Additionally, Plaintiff failed to respond to all questions in 

section 3 of the application.

Accordingly, the Court will order Plaintiff to complete and file an Application to Proceed 

in District Court Without Prepaying Fees or Costs (Long Form) – AO 239. If Plaintiff is 

unwilling to complete and submit the long form application, Plaintiff must pay the filing fee in 

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full.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s unsigned application to proceed in forma pauperis is STRICKEN 

FROM THE RECORD;

2. The Clerk of the Court is directed to forward an in forma pauperis application 

(Long Form) to Plaintiff;

3. Within twenty (20) days of the date of this order, Plaintiff shall either (1) pay the 

$400.00 filing fee for this action, or (2) file an application to proceed in forma

pauperis without prepayment of the fee; and

4. If Plaintiff fails to comply with this order, this action shall be dismissed.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 30, 2014 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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