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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

DANIEL P. BJORLIN, No. CIV S-08-0914-LKK-CMK-P

Plaintiff, 

vs. ORDER

SARO,

Defendants.

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Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action pursuant

to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the court is plaintiff’s application for leave to proceed in

forma pauperis (Doc. 2) and motion for extension of time (Doc. 8). 

On May 8, 2008, the court issued an order notifying plaintiff that his application

was not complete in that the prison trust account statement attached to his application was not

certified, and gave plaintiff 30 days to submit a certified copy of his account statement. Plaintiff

submitted another uncertified copy of his prison trust account statement on May 19, 2008. The

court issued another order on June 5, 2008, requiring a certified copy pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §

1915(a)(2). Plaintiff has now filed a motion for additional time to obtain a certified copy. 

Plaintiff indicates in his motion that he has submitted his requests to prison officials, including

filing an inmate grievance form 602, but has not been able to obtain the certified copy needed

from the prison officials. Plaintiff states he does not know what else he can do to obtain a

response from the proper authorities. 

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It thus appears that plaintiff’s inability to comply with the court’s June 5, 2008,

order is no fault of his own, but is due to the inaction of prison officials. Because plaintiff has

otherwise demonstrated by affidavit that he is indigent and entitled to in forma pauperis status,

see 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a), the court will conditionally grant his application subject to later

submission of a certified copy of his prison trust account statement. By separate order the court

will direct prison officials to submit a certified copy of plaintiff’s trust account statement. 

Plaintiff’s “Motion to Compel” will be denied as unnecessary. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (Doc. 2) is

granted;

2. Plaintiff’s motion for an extension of time (Doc. 8) is denied as

unnecessary; 

3. Plaintiff is required to pay the full statutory filing fee of $350.00 for this

action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a) and 1915(b)(1);

4. No initial partial filing fee will be assessed pursuant to 28 U.S.C.

§ 1915(b)(1); and

5. Plaintiff will be obligated for monthly payments of twenty percent of the

preceding month’s income credited to plaintiff’s prison trust account, such payments to be

forwarded by the appropriate agency to the Clerk of the Court each time the amount in plaintiff’s

account exceeds $10.00, until the statutory filing fee is paid in full, pursuant to 28 U.S.C.

§ 1915(b)(2).

DATED: June 18, 2008

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CRAIG M. KELLISON

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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