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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 

LUIS LORENZO ARMENTERO, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

CITY OF VACAVILLE, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:15-cv-1151 AC P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 

42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has consented to the jurisdiction of the undersigned Magistrate Judge 

for all purposes pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c), and Local Rule 305(a). See ECF No. 6. 

Plaintiff has not, however, filed an in forma pauperis affidavit or paid the required filing 

fee of $350.00 plus the $50.00 administrative fee.1

 See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a), 1915(a). By order 

filed June 5, 2015, plaintiff was directed to submit the appropriate affidavit in support of his 

request to proceed in forma pauperis or to submit the required fees totaling $400.00. See ECF 

No. 4. Thereafter, plaintiff submitted only a copy of his prison trust account statement for the 

date May 19, 2015. See ECF No. 5. Plaintiff will be accorded one final opportunity to submit the 

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 Litigants proceeding in forma pauperis are not required to pay the $50.00 administrative 

fee. If leave to file in forma pauperis is granted, plaintiff will still be required to pay only the 

filing fee and will be allowed to pay it in installments. 

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appropriate in forma pauperis affidavit, including a certified copy of his prison trust account 

statement for the six-month period preceding the filing of his complaint, or the required fees 

totaling $400.00. 

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

 1. Plaintiff shall, within thirty days after the filing date of this order, submit an affidavit 

in support of his request to proceed in forma pauperis on the form provided herewith by the Clerk 

of Court (including completion of the certificate portion of the affidavit by an authorized official, 

and attachment of a certified copy of plaintiff’s prison trust account statement for the six-month 

period preceding the filing of his complaint), OR the required fees in the amount of $400.00; 

2. Plaintiff’s failure to comply with this order will result in the dismissal of this action 

without prejudice; and 

 3. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send plaintiff a new Application to Proceed In 

Forma Pauperis By a Prisoner. 

DATED: August 7, 2015. 

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