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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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 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.

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KEVIN KING,

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-05-0958 FCD CMK P

vs.

ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, et al.,

Defendants. ORDER

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Plaintiff, a state prisoner at High Desert State Prison, has filed a document styled

“motion for an injunction order,” seeking prevention from discrimination/retaliation and court

order for immediate transfer to medical facility and request to file oversize motion for temporary

restraining order. No other pleadings have been filed by the plaintiff. In order to commence an

action, plaintiff must file a complaint as required by Rule 3 of the Federal Rules of Civil

Procedure, and plaintiff must either pay the required filing fee or file an application requesting

leave to proceed in forma pauperis.1 See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a), 1915(a). The court will not issue

any orders granting or denying relief until an action has been properly commenced. Therefore,

plaintiff’s motion will be denied without prejudice. Plaintiff will be provided the opportunity to

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file his complaint, and to submit an application requesting leave to proceed in forma pauperis or

to submit the appropriate filing fee. 

In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s May 16, 2005 “motion for an injunction order” is denied without

prejudice;

2. Plaintiff is granted thirty days from the date of service of this order to file a 

complaint that complies with the requirements of the Civil Rights Act, the Federal Rules of Civil

Procedure, and the Local Rules of Practice; the complaint must bear the docket number assigned

this case; plaintiff must file an original and two copies of the complaint. Plaintiff shall also

submit, within thirty days from the date of this order, the application to proceed in forma

pauperis on the form provided by the Clerk of Court, or the filing fee in the amount of $250.00. 

Plaintiff's failure to comply with this order will result in a recommendation that this matter be

dismissed; and

3. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send plaintiff the court’s form for filing a

civil rights action, and the application to proceed in forma pauperis by a prisoner.

DATED: May 23, 2005.

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CRAIG M. KELLISON

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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