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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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United States District Court 

Northern District of Californi

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

FRED CHISOM, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., 

 Defendants. 

Case No. 18-07191 EJD (PR) 

ORDER VACATING JUDGMENT; 

REOPENING CASE; 

INSTRUCTIONS TO CLERK 

On November 28, 2018, Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a civil 

rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and a motion to proceed In Forma Pauperis 

(“IFP”).1 (Docket Nos. 1, 2.) The Clerk sent Plaintiff a notice advising him that his IFP 

motion was deficient because it did not include a copy of a prison trust account statement 

showing transactions for the last six months, and that he must file the missing document 

within twenty-eight days of the notice to avoid dismissal. (Docket No. 3.) On January 10, 

2019, the Court sua sponte granted Plaintiff an extension of time to file the necessary 

 

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 The matter was reassigned to this Court after Plaintiff declined magistrate judge 

jurisdiction. (See Docket Nos. 5, 8.) 

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document to support his IFP motion.2 On February 13, 2019, Plaintiff filed a second IFP 

motion which was again deficient because it lacked the prisoner trust account statement 

showing transactions for the last six months. (Docket No. 13.) Accordingly, on February 

21, 2019, the Court dismissed the complaint without prejudice for failure to pay the filing 

fee and entered judgment. (See Docket Nos. 15, 16.) 

Recently, the Court has received a facsimile containing a trust account statement 

from Napa State Hospital for Plaintiff. (Docket No. 17.) The statement was faxed on 

February 8, 2019, and docketed on March 11, 2019. (Id.) In addition, Plaintiff has filed a 

trust account statement, along with a letter inquiring as to which of his cases has been 

dismissed. (Docket No. 18.) Accordingly, in the interest of justice, the Court will vacate 

the judgment and reopen this action. 

CONCLUSION

 For the foregoing reasons, the Order of Dismissal and Judgment entered on 

February 21, 2019, are hereby VACATED. The Clerk of the Court shall reopen the file. 

The Court will review the complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A in a separate written 

order in due course. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: _____________________ ________________________ 

EDWARD J. DAVILA 

United States District Judge 

Order Vacating Judgment; Reopening Case; Instructions to Clerk

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 On January 10, 2019, Plaintiff filed another copy of the Certificate of Funds in 

Prisoner’s Account which was improperly docketed as a prison trust account statement. 

(See Docket No. 10.) Accordingly, this document did not complete Plaintiff’s IFP 

application. 

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