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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 REYNALDO JOHNSON, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

JOE A. LISARRAGA, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:16-cv-0253 AC P 

ORDER 

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

42 U.S.C. § 1983. 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). Plaintiff will be provided the opportunity to submit either the appropriate affidavit in 

support of a request to proceed in forma pauperis, or the required fees totaling $400.00. 

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

but will be allowed to pay it in installments. Litigants proceeding in forma pauperis are not 

required to pay the $50.00 administrative fee. 

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 Accordingly, 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, or the required fees in the amount of $400.00. 

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

Forma Pauperis By a Prisoner. 

 3. Failure to comply with this order will result in a recommendation that this action be 

dismissed without prejudice. 

DATED: February 18, 2016 

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