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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

NEIL R. JONES,

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-07-1719 LEW DAD P

vs.

UNKNOWN, 

Defendant. ORDER

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Plaintiff, a state prisoner currently incarcerated at Corcoran State Prison, has filed

a letter directed to U.S. Magistrate Judge Gregory Hollows regarding the Muslim Halal diet for

prisoners. 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. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a), 1915(a). The court will not issue any orders

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granting or denying relief until an action has been properly commenced. Plaintiff will be

provided the opportunity to file his complaint, and to submit an application requesting leave to

proceed in forma pauperis or to submit the appropriate filing fee. Plaintiff is advised that if he is

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challenging the religious diet at California State Prison - Corcoran, he must file his complaint

with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, Fresno Division. 

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

1. 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 $350.00. 

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

dismissed; and

2. 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: October 2, 2007.

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