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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

CHRISTIAN GERLACH,

Plaintiff,

v.

SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF 

DEPARTMENT, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:15-cv-2376 KJN P

ORDER

Plaintiff, a state prisoner serving a sentence in county jail, has filed a civil rights action 

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 together with a request for leave to proceed in forma pauperis 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. However, the certificate portion of the in forma pauperis 

application has not been filled out and signed by an authorized prison official. Moreover, while 

plaintiff has filed a copy of his prison trust account statement for the six month period 

immediately preceding the filing of the complaint, that statement is uncertified and therefore 

cannot be considered by the court. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). Therefore, plaintiff will be 

provided another opportunity to submit a fully completed application to proceed in forma 

pauperis.

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

1. Plaintiff’s request to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 2) is denied;

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2. The Clerk of the Court shall provide plaintiff with another copy of the in forma 

pauperis application used by this court; and

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

in forma pauperis application. Plaintiff’s failure to comply with this order will result in a 

recommendation that this action be dismissed without prejudice.

Dated: December 8, 2015

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