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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 

JASEN LYNN DUSHANE, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

SACRAMENTO COUNTY JAIL, 

Defendant. 

No. 2:13-cv-2518-EFB P

ORDER 

Plaintiff, a prisoner1 currently housed in the Sacramento County Jail, is proceeding 

without counsel in an action brought under 42 U.S.C § 1983. He has submitted an affidavit 

requesting leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1). 

Section 1915(a)(2) requires a prisoner to “submit a certified copy of the trust fund account 

statement (or institutional equivalent) for the prisoner for the 6-month period immediately 

preceding the filing of the complaint ..., obtained from the appropriate official of each prison at 

which the prisoner was confined.” Plaintiff has submitted the required trust account statement, 

but it is not certified as required by the statute. He may comply with § 1915(a)(2) by having jail 

officials complete the “Certificate” portion of the form application for leave to proceed in forma 

 

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 For purposes of § 1915, “prisoner” includes “any person incarcerated or detained in any facility 

who is accused of, convicted of, sentenced for, or adjudicated delinquent for, violations of 

criminal law or the terms and conditions of parole, probation, pretrial release, or diversionary 

program.” 28 U.S.C. § 1915(h). 

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pauperis or by submitting a trust account statement for the 6-month period immediately preceding 

the filing of his complaint that has been certified by prison officials. 

Accordingly, plaintiff has 30 days from the date this order is served to submit the required 

certified trust account statement. Failure to comply with this order may result in dismissal. The 

Clerk of the Court is directed to send to plaintiff a new form Application to Proceed In Forma 

Pauperis by a Prisoner. 

So ordered. 

DATED: February 6, 2014. 

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