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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

CHANDRA KISHOR,

Plaintiff,

v.

JOHN STOLLER, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:23-cv-01356-TLN-JDP (PC)

ORDER

Plaintiff, a county jail inmate proceeding pro se, filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 

U.S.C. § 1983 together with a request for leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 

U.S.C. § 1915. However, the certificate portion of the request which must be completed by 

plaintiff’s institution of incarceration had not been filled out and plaintiff had not filed a certified 

copy of the inmate trust account statement for the six-month period immediately preceding the 

filing of the complaint. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). Therefore, I provided him thirty days to 

submit a completed in forma pauperis application and a certified copy in support of the

application. ECF No. 9. 

Plaintiff has not complied with that order, and instead, has filed a motion for an extension 

of time to file an in forma pauperis application. ECF No. 10. In addition to requesting additional 

time, plaintiff argues that the filing fee should be waived and cites to an unpublished California 

Court of Appeal case, People v. Duenas, 30 Cal. App. 5th 1157, 1164 (2019). ECF No. 10-1 at 1. 

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Duenas, however, does not excuse plaintiff from paying the filing fee in federal court. See id.

(holding that “due process of law requires the trial court to conduct an ability to pay hearing and 

ascertain a defendant’s present ability to pay before it imposes court facilities and court 

operations assessments under . . . section 1465.8 and Government Code section 70373”). 

Accordingly, plaintiff will be granted thirty days from this order’s issuance to submit a completed 

in forma pauperis application or pay the filing fee. 

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

1. Plaintiff’s motion for an extension of time to submit an application to proceed in forma 

pauperis, ECF No. 10, is granted. 

2. Plaintiff shall submit, within thirty days from the date of this order, a completed 

affidavit in support of the request to proceed in forma pauperis on the form provided by the Clerk 

of Court, and a certified copy of the inmate trust account statement for the six-month period 

immediately preceding the filing of the complaint.

3. The Clerk of Court is directed to send plaintiff a new Application to Proceed In Forma 

Pauperis By a Prisoner.

4. Plaintiff’s failure to comply with this order may result in a recommendation that this 

action be dismissed without prejudice.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 11, 2023 

JEREMY D. PETERSON

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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