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Nature of Suit Code: 540
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Mandamus and Other
Cause of Action: 28:1361 Petition for Writ of Mandamus

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

John Calvin Neuendorf, II, 

Petitioner, 

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State of Arizona,

Respondent. 

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No. CV 10-2238-PHX-RCB (DKD)

ORDER

Petitioner John Calvin Neuendorf, II, who is confined in the Maricopa County Fourth

Avenue Jail, has filed a pro se “Writ of Mandamus” (Doc. 1), which the Court will construe

as a Petition for a Writ of Mandamus. Petitioner has not paid the $350.00 civil action filing

fee or filed an Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis.

The Court will give Petitioner 30 days to pay the fee or file a completed Application

to Proceed In Forma Pauperis and a certified six-month trust account statement.

I. Payment of Filing Fee

When bringing an action, a prisoner must either pay the $350.00 filing fee in a lump

sum or, if granted the privilege of proceeding in forma pauperis, pay the fee incrementally

as set forth in 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1). An application to proceed in forma pauperis requires

an affidavit of indigence and a certified copy of the inmate’s trust account statement for the

six months preceding the filing of the Petition. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). An inmate must

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submit statements from each institution where he was confined during the six-month period.

Id. To assist prisoners in meeting these requirements, the Court requires use of a form

application. LRCiv 3.4(a).

If a prisoner is granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis, the Court will assess an

initial partial filing fee of 20% of either the average monthly deposits or the average monthly

balance in Petitioner’s account, whichever is greater. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1). An initial

partial filing fee will only be collected when funds exist. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(4). The

balance of the fee will be collected in monthly payments of 20% of the preceding month’s

income credited to an inmate’s account, each time the amount in the account exceeds $10.00.

28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2). 

II. Failure to Comply With Statute

Petitioner has failed to comply with the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 1915 by either

paying the $350.00 civil action filing fee or filing an Application to Proceed In Forma

Pauperis and a certified six-month trust account statement. Accordingly, Petitioner will be

permitted 30 days to either pay the $350.00 filing fee or file a complete Application to

Proceed In Forma Pauperis and a certified six-month trust account statement.

III. Warnings

A. Address Changes

Petitioner must file and serve a notice of a change of address in accordance with Rule

83.3(d) of the Local Rules of Civil Procedure. Petitioner must not include a motion for other

relief with a notice of change of address. Failure to comply may result in dismissal of this

action.

B. Copies

Petitioner must submit an additional copy of every filing for use by the Court. See

LRCiv 5.4. Failure to comply may result in the filing being stricken without further notice

to Petitioner.

C. Possible Dismissal

If Petitioner fails to timely comply with every provision of this Order, including these

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warnings, the Court may dismiss this action without further notice. See Ferdik v. Bonzelet,

963 F.2d 1258, 1260-61 (9th Cir. 1992) (a district court may dismiss an action for failure to

comply with any order of the Court).

IT IS ORDERED:

(1) Within 30 days of the date this Order is filed, Petitioner must either pay the

$350.00 filing fee or file a completed Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis and a

certified six-month trust account statement. 

(2) If Petitioner fails to either pay the $350.00 filing fee or file a completed

Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis within 30 days, the Clerk of Court must enter

a judgment of dismissal of this action without prejudice and without further notice to

Petitioner.

(3) The Clerk of the Court must mail to Petitioner a court-approved form for

filing an Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (Non-Habeas).

DATED this 28th day of October, 2010.

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