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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1446 Petition for Removal

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JULIE SU, California State Labor 

Commissioner, Division of Labor 

Standards Enforcement, Department of 

Industrial Relations, State of California, on 

behalf of the People of the State of 

California,

Plaintiff,

v.

DAVID HUME, et al.,

Defendants.

1:14-cv-1917---GSA

ORDER DIRECTING DEFENDANT TO 

SUBMIT PRISON TRUST ACCOUNT 

STATEMENT TO COMPLETE HIS 

APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA 

PAUPERIS, PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. §

1915(a)

On December 3, 2014, Defendant David Hume (“Defendant”) filed a notice of removal to 

remove this action from Fresno County Superior Court to this Court. Doc. 1. On that same date, 

Defendant filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) in lieu of paying the filing 

fee to commence a removal action in this Court. Doc. 3; see also 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). 

Defendant is proceeding pro se and is a prisoner incarcerated at the Federal Correctional 

Institution, Lompoc.

A civil action may proceed despite a failure to prepay the entire filing fee only if the party 

initiating the action is granted leave to proceed IFP pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). See 

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Rodriguez v. Cook, 169 F.3d 1176, 1177 (9th Cir. 1999). A prisoner who is granted leave to 

proceed IFP nevertheless remains obligated to pay the entire fee in installments, regardless of 

whether his action is ultimately dismissed. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1) & (2); Taylor v. 

Delatoore, 281 F.3d 844, 847 (9th Cir. 2002). Under 28 U.S.C. § 1915, as amended by the Prison 

Litigation Reform Act (“PLRA”), a prisoner seeking leave to proceed IFP must also submit a 

“certified copy of the trust fund account statement (or institutional equivalent) for ... the sixmonth period immediately preceding the filing of the complaint.” 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2); 

Andrews v. King, 398 F.3d 1113, 1119 (9th Cir. 2005).

Here, Defendant’s application to proceed IFP is incomplete. Defendant failed to have an 

authorized officer at Federal Correctional Institution, Lompoc complete the “Certificate of 

Authorized Officer” on Page 3 of his “Request to Proceed Without Prepayment of Filing Fees 

with Declaration in Support.” Doc. 2 at 3. Defendant also failed to submit a certified copy of his

prison trust account statement as required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). Accordingly, no later than 

January 19, 2015, Defendant shall submit the requisite trust account documentation showing 

deposits and balances relating to his trust account for the six-month period preceding the filing of 

his notice of removal. Defendant is advised that failure to comply with the Court’s order will 

result in the dismissal of his removal action and remand of the matter to the Fresno County 

Superior Court. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 18, 2014 /s/ Gary S. Austin 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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