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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 28:1983 Civil Rights

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1

 “Doc.#” refers to the docket number of filings in this case. 

2

 Although the Hawaii District Court stated in the transfer Order that the Complaint

and the Hawaii in forma pauperis application were transferred to this District, only the

Complaint was actually transferred to this District..

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

James K. Trueman, 

Plaintiff, 

vs.

State of Hawaii, et al., 

Defendants. 

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No. CV 09-2179-PHX-RCB (DKD)

ORDER

Plaintiff James K. Trueman is a Hawaiian inmate confined in the Saguaro Correctional

Center (SCC), a Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) facility, in Eloy, Arizona, who

filed a pro se civil rights Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 with an Application to

Proceed In Forma Pauperis in the District Court for the District of Hawaii. (Doc.# 1, 2.)1

The Hawaii District Court transferred the action to this District as the proper venue.2 (Doc.#

4.) Because this District’s Local Rules require the use of a court-approved form for prisoners

to proceed in forma pauperis, the Court will give Plaintiff 30 days to either file a completed

Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis using this District’s form or pay the filing fee.

I. Payment of Filing Fee

When bringing an action, a prisoner must either pay the $350.00 filing fee in a lump

sum or, if granted the privilege of proceeding in forma pauperis, pay the fee incrementally

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as set forth in 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1). An application to proceed in forma pauperis requires

an affidavit of indigence and a certified copy of the inmate’s trust account statement for the

six months preceding the filing of the Complaint. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). An inmate must

submit statements from each institution where he was confined during the six-month period.

Id. To assist prisoners in meeting these requirements, the Court requires use of a form

application. LRCiv 3.4(a).

If a prisoner is granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis, the Court will assess an

initial partial filing fee of 20% of either the average monthly deposits or the average monthly

balance in Plaintiff’s account, whichever is greater. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1). An initial

partial filing fee will only be collected when funds exist. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(4). The

balance of the fee will be collected in monthly payments of 20% of the preceding month’s

income credited to an inmate’s account, each time the amount in the account exceeds $10.00.

28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2). 

II. Submission of Application on the Court-Approved Form 

Plaintiff will be granted leave to submit an Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis

on this District’s court-approved form. Plaintiff must complete the “Consent to Collection

of Fees from Trust Account” section and sign and date it. The “Certificate of Correctional

Official as to Status of Applicant’s Trust Account” section must also be completed and

Plaintiff must submit a certified six-month trust account statement. Plaintiff will be

permitted 30 days to either pay the $350.00 filing fee or file a complete Application to

Proceed In Forma Pauperis on this District’s court-approved form.

III. Warnings

A. Address Changes

Plaintiff must file and serve a notice of a change of address in accordance with Rule

83.3(d) of the Local Rules of Civil Procedure. Plaintiff must not include a motion for other

relief with a notice of change of address. Failure to comply may result in dismissal of this

action.

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B. Copies

Plaintiff must submit an additional copy of every filing for use by the Court. See

LRCiv 5.4. Failure to comply may result in the filing being stricken without further notice

to Plaintiff.

C. Possible Dismissal

If Plaintiff fails to timely comply with every provision of this Order, including these

warnings, the Court may dismiss this action without further notice. See Ferdik v. Bonzelet,

963 F.2d 1258, 1260-61 (9th Cir. 1992) (a district court may dismiss an action for failure to

comply with any order of the Court).

IT IS ORDERED:

(1) Within 30 days of the date this Order is filed, Plaintiff must either pay the

$350.00 filing fee or file a completed Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis and a

certified six-month trust account statement. 

(2) If Plaintiff fails to either pay the $350.00 filing fee or file a completed

Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis within 30 days, the Clerk of Court must enter a

judgment of dismissal of this action without prejudice and without further notice to Plaintiff.

(3) The Clerk of the Court must mail Plaintiff a court-approved form for filing an

Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (Non-Habeas).

Dated this 9th day of May, 2010.

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