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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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The Court also noted that Plaintiff had listed Amelia Elen French as an additional

Plaintiff in his Complaint and dismissed that individual because Plaintiff has no standing or

authority to bring this action on her behalf.

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Edward F. Parks, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

vs.

Aphera Financial Services, et al.,

Defendants. 

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No. CV 12-8149-PCT-GMS (DKD)

ORDER

On July 30, 2012, Plaintiff Edward F. Parks, who is confined in the Arizona State

Prison Complex-Yuma in San Luis, Arizona, filed a pro se civil rights Complaint pursuant

to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. In an August 27, 2012 Order, the Court noted that Plaintiff had not paid

the filing fee or filed an Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis and gave Plaintiff 30

days to either pay the filing fee or file a complete Application to Proceed In Forma

Pauperis.

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On September 10, 2012, Plaintiff filed an Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis

(Doc. 4). Attached to the Application to Proceed was a statement by Plaintiff that his inmate

trust account statement was delayed and that he would mail it to the Court as soon as he

received it. On September 14, 2012, Plaintiff filed a “Motion to Present, Trust Account

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Statement” (Doc. 5) and included with his Motion a printout of his Arizona Department of

Corrections inmate bank account statement. The printout is not certified by an authorized

officer of the institution and does not show deposits and average monthly balances, as

required. 

I. Motion to Present

The Court will grant Plaintiff’s Motion to Present to the extent he is seeking to file

with the Court his uncertified inmate bank account statement. The Court will deny his

Motion to the extent he is seeking other relief.

II. “Three Strikes Provision” of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g).

A prisoner may not bring a civil action or appeal a civil judgment in forma pauperis

if:

the prisoner has, on 3 or more prior occasions, while

incarcerated or detained in any facility, brought an action or

appeal in a court of the United States that was dismissed on the

grounds that it is frivolous, malicious, or fails to state a claim

upon which relief may be granted, unless the prisoner is under

imminent danger of serious physical injury.

28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). 

“[Section] 1915(g) should be used to deny a prisoner’s IFP status only when, after

careful evaluation of the order dismissing an action, and other relevant information, the

district court determines that the action was dismissed because it was frivolous, malicious

or failed to state a claim.” Andrews v. King, 398 F.3d 1113, 1121 (9th Cir. 2005). “In some

instances, the district court docket records may be sufficient to show that a prior dismissal

satisfies at least one of the criteria under § 1915(g) and therefore counts as a strike.” Id. at

1120.

At least three of Plaintiff’s prior actions were dismissed for failure to state a claim.

See Parks v. Jensen, CV-07-8107-PCT-FJM (DKD) (D. Ariz. Sept. 2, 2008 Order of

dismissal); Parks v. Holy, CV-09-406-HE (W.D. Okla. Oct. 14, 2009 Order of dismissal);

and Parks v. Cornell Corrections of Oklahoma, CV-09-450-HE (W.D. Okla. Sept. 1, 2009

Order of dismissal). See also Parks v. McCluskey, 10-CV-8055-PCT-GMS (DKD) (May 24,

2012 Order listing Plaintiff’s strikes and dismissing case pursuant to § 1915(g)). Therefore,

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Plaintiff may not bring a civil action without complete prepayment of the $350.00 filing fee

unless he is in imminent danger of serious physical injury. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g).

III. Imminent Danger

A plaintiff who has three or more strikes may not bring a civil action without complete

prepayment of the $350.00 filing fee unless he is in imminent danger of serious physical

injury. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). To meet the “imminent danger” requirement, the “threat or

prison condition [must be] real and proximate,” Ciarpaglini v. Saini, 352 F.3d 328, 330 (7th

Cir. 2003) (quoting Lewis v. Sullivan, 279 F.3d 526, 531 (7th Cir. 2002)), and the allegations

must be “specific or credible.” Kinnell v. Graves, 265 F.3d 1125, 1128 (10th Cir. 2001). 

“[T]he availability of the [imminent danger] exception turns on the conditions a

prisoner faced at the time the complaint was filed, not some earlier or later time” Andrews

v. Cervantes, 493 F.3d 1047, 1053 (9th Cir. 2007). “[T]he exception applies if the complaint

makes a plausible allegation that the prisoner faced ‘imminent danger of serious physical

injury’ at the time of filing.” Id. at 1055. Claims concerning an “imminent danger of serious

physical injury” cannot be triggered solely by complaints of past abuse. See Ashley v.

Dilworth, 147 F.3d 715, 717 (8th Cir. 1998); Luedtke v. Bertrand, 32 F. Supp. 2d 1074, 1077

(E.D. Wis. 1999).

Plaintiff does not allege that he is in imminent danger of serious physical injury and

his allegations do not support such an allegation—his claims relate to the purchase and

repossession of a truck. Thus, the Court will deny the Application to Proceed and will

dismiss without prejudice Plaintiff’s Complaint and this action, pursuant to 28 U.S.C.

§ 1915(g). If Plaintiff wishes to reassert these claims in the future, he must prepay the entire

$350.00 filing fee when he files his action.

IT IS ORDERED:

(1) Plaintiff’s “Motion to Present, Trust Account Statement” (Doc. 5) is granted

in part to the extent he is seeking to file with the Court his uncertified inmate bank account

statement and denied in part as to any other relief he may be requesting.

(2) Plaintiff’s Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (Doc. 4) is denied.

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(3) Plaintiff’s Complaint (Doc. 1) and this action are dismissed without

prejudice, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). If Plaintiff wishes to reassert these claims in the

future, he must prepay the entire $350.00 filing fee when he files his action.

(4) The Clerk of Court must enter judgment accordingly and close this case.

DATED this 17th day of October, 2012.

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