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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Steven Ho, 

Plaintiff, 

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Ben Griego, et al.,

Defendants. 

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No. CV 10-1864-PHX-GMS (MEA)

ORDER

On August 30, 2010, Plaintiff Steven Ho, who is confined in the Corrections

Corporation of America’s Saguaro Correctional Center in Eloy, Arizona, filed a pro se civil

rights Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and an incomplete Application to Proceed In

Forma Pauperis. In a September 9, 2010 Order, the Court denied the Application to Proceed

and gave Plaintiff 30 days to either pay the filing fee or file a complete Application to

Proceed In Forma Pauperis and certified six-month trust account statement.

On September 16, 2010, Plaintiff filed a second, incomplete Application to Proceed

In Forma Pauperis. In an October 7, 2010 Order, the Court denied the Application to

Proceed because Plaintiff did not sign the “Consent to Collection of Fees from Trust

Account” section and Plaintiff did not submit a certified six-month trust account statement.

The Court gave Plaintiff 30 days to either pay the filing fee or file a new Application to

Proceed In Forma Pauperis.

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On October 13, 2010, Plaintiff filed a third incomplete Application to Proceed In

Forma Pauperis. On October 15, 2010, Plaintiff filed a Motion for Extension of Time to file

a new Application to Proceed. In an October 20, 2010 Order, the Court denied the deficient

third Application to Proceed because Plaintiff again did not sign the “Consent to Collection

of Fees from Trust Account” section and Plaintiff did not submit a certified six-month trust

account statement. The Court granted the Motion for Extension of Time and gave Plaintiff

30 days to either pay the filing fee or file a complete Application to Proceed In Forma

Pauperis. 

On October 29, 2010, Plaintiff filed a fourth Application to Proceed In Forma

Pauperis (Doc. 10), which was also deficient.

Because Plaintiff repeatedly failed to comply with the Court’s Orders specifying that

he submit a complete, certified Application to Proceed and a certified account statement, the

Court issued a November 18, 2010 Order (Doc. 11) dismissing this action pursuant to Rule

41(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for failure to comply with a Court Order. See

Ferdik v. Bonzelet, 963 F.2d 1258, 1260-61 (9th Cir. 1992) (stating a district court may

dismiss action for failure to comply with any order of the court). Judgment was entered on

November 18, 2010 (Doc. 12).

On November 30, 2010, Plaintiff filed an “Objection” to the Court’s Order of

Dismissal, which the Court construed as a Motion for Reconsideration. The Court denied

the Motion by Order filed January 3, 2011.

On March 4, 2011, Plaintiff filed a six-month trust account statement (Doc. 16). On

March 8, 2011, Plaintiff filed a “Motion for Extension of Time to Prove SCC was Tampering

with this Case” (Doc. 17), which the Court denied in a March 10, 2011 Order (Doc. 18). 

Pending before the Court are Plaintiff’s March 22, 2011 and March 24, 2011

Applications to Proceed In Forma Pauperis. This case is closed. The Court will therefore

deny Plaintiff’s March 22nd and 24th Motions as moot. If Plaintiff wishes to renew his

claims in this Court, he must file a new Complaint in a new case and either pay the

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filing fee or file a new Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis and certified sixmonth trust account statement in the new case. 

IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff’s March 22, 2011 and March 24, 2011 Application

to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (Docs. 19 and 21) are denied as moot. This case must remain

closed. Plaintiff must not file any further documents in this closed case.

DATED this 29th day of March, 2011.

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