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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

WALTER LANGSTON,

Plaintiff,

v.

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF 

CORRECTIONS (“CDCR”), et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:15-cv-1437 GEB KJN P

ORDER

Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding without counsel. On September 1, 2015, the 

undersigned recommended that this action be dismissed based on plaintiff’s failure to file a 

completed in forma pauperis affidavit and certified trust account statement. On September 16, 

2015, plaintiff filed objections stating that the court is mistaken because he sent “one complete 

copy to the court for all cases filed.” (ECF No. 10 at 1.) Plaintiff objects that the court did not 

indicate he was required to file three different trust account statements for each case, and asks the 

court not to dismiss this case. (ECF No. 10 at 2.)

Plaintiff is advised that he is required to pay the filing fee or seek leave to proceed in 

forma pauperis in each case he files. Plaintiff may not file one document and ask the court to 

apply it to all of his pending cases. In the future, plaintiff should be prepared to comply with each 

order as issued in each case.

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That said, the court has reviewed court records; currently, plaintiff has four cases pending 

in this division. On July 14, 2015, in Langston v. CDCR, Case No. 2:15-cv-1510 TLN DAD, 

plaintiff filed a completed in forma pauperis affidavit, along with a certified trust account 

statement. On July 27, 2015, the assigned magistrate judge recommended that Case No. 2:15-cv1510 be dismissed because it is duplicative of the instant action. In light of those 

recommendations, as well as the finding that the claims are the same as those raised herein, the 

undersigned will direct the Clerk of Court to file a copy of plaintiff’s in forma pauperis affidavit 

and certified trust account statement submitted in Case No. 2:15-cv-1510 TLN DAD, and file 

them in this case. Plaintiff is relieved of his obligation to re-submit such documents in the instant 

action, and the findings and recommendations are vacated. 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The Clerk of the Court is directed to file in the instant action a copy of plaintiff’s 

motion to proceed in forma pauperis and certified trust account statement filed in Langston v. 

CDCR, Case No. 2:15-cv-1510 TLN DAD (ECF No. 2); 

2. Plaintiff is relieved of his obligation to submit a completed in forma pauperis 

application in the instant action; and

3. The September 1, 2015 findings and recommendations (ECF No. 8) are vacated.

Dated: October 7, 2015

lang1437.ifp

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