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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

JOSEPH MITCHELL,

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-05-1743 LKK KJM P

vs.

CALIFORNIA BOARD OF PRISON

TERMS, et al.,

Defendants. ORDER

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Plaintiff, a state prisoner, is proceeding pro se with a civil rights action under42

U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has filed a request to proceed in forma pauperis. 

As provided by federal statute, a filing fee of $250.00 is required to commence a

civil action in federal district court. See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). The court may authorize the

commencement of an action “without prepayment of fees and costs or security therefor, by a

person who submits an affidavit . . . that [he] is unable to pay such fee or give security therefor.” 

28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). 

The amount of money in plaintiff’s prison trust account indicates that plaintiff is

able to pay the filing fee and costs for this action. Therefore, plaintiff has made an inadequate

showing of indigency, as he himself freely admits. See Olivares v. Marshall, 59 F.3d 109, 112

(9th Cir. 1995); Alexander v. Carson Adult High Sch., 9 F.3d 1448, 1449 (9th Cir. 1993). 

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 The filing fee for federal civil actions was increased in February 2005.

Plaintiff therefore will be granted thirty days in which to submit the $250.00 filing fee

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Clerk of the Court. 

On November 1 and 18, 2005, plaintiff submitted letters to the court in which

plaintiff indicates that he has asked prison officials to submit the filing fee for this action to the

court on plaintiff’s behalf, but those officials have not done so. If plaintiff cannot submit the

filing fee to the court within thirty days due to the actions of certain correctional officers, plaintiff

shall inform the court of the names of those correctional officers. Plaintiff is cautioned that

failure to comply with this order result in a recommendation that the instant action be dismissed

without prejudice.

 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s request to proceed in forma pauperis is denied; and

2. Within thirty days from the date of this order, plaintiff shall submit the

$250.00 filing fee for this action. If plaintiff cannot submit the filing fee to the court within

thirty days due to the actions of certain correctional officers, plaintiff shall inform the court of the

names of those correctional officers, within the same thirty day period provided for by this order. 

DATED: November 30, 2005.

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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