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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

J. WHITAKER, 

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-05-2024 GEB DAD P

vs.

CDC, et al.,

Defendants. ORDER

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Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, 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 request which must be completed by

plaintiff’s institution of incarceration has not been filled out. Also, plaintiff has not filed a

certified copy of his prison trust account statement for the six month period immediately

preceding the filing of the complaint. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). Plaintiff will be provided the

opportunity to submit a completed in forma pauperis application and a certified copy in support

of his application.

In addition, plaintiff indicates in his complaint that he did not fully exhausted his

administrative remedies prior to filing this lawsuit. By the provisions of the Prison Litigation

Reform Act of 1995, 42 U.S.C. § 1997e was amended to provide that “[n]o action shall be

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brought with respect to prison conditions under section 1983 of this title, or any other Federal

law, by a prisoner confined in any jail, prison, or other correctional facility until such

administrative remedies as are available are exhausted.” 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a). Plaintiff is

advised that should he proceed with this action, the court will recommend dismissal without

prejudice due to his failure to exhaust administrative remedies prior to filing this action. 

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

1. Plaintiff shall submit, within thirty days from the date of this order, either a 

completed affidavit in support of his request to proceed in forma pauperis on the form provided

by the Clerk of Court and a certified copy of his prison trust account statement for the six month

period immediately preceding the filing of the complaint, or a notice of voluntary dismissal of

this action;

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’s failure to comply with this order will result in a recommendation

that this action be dismissed without prejudice.

DATED: October 12, 2005.

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