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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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Plaintiff addressed his letter to former United States Supreme Court Justice Sandra

Day O’Connor. The United States Courthouse in Phoenix, Arizona, is named after Justice

O’Connor, but she is not a judge on this Court.

JDDL

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Monty Dukepoo, 

Plaintiff, 

vs.

Officer Prewitt, et al., 

Defendants. 

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No. CV 10-1216-PHX-RCB (MHB)

ORDER

Plaintiff Monty Dukepoo is confined in the Arizona State Prison Complex-Eyman in

Florence, Arizona. In a June 15, 2010 Order, the Court denied without prejudice Plaintiff’s

deficient Application to Proceed and gave Plaintiff 30 days to pay the fee or file a complete

Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis.

On July 13, 2010, Plaintiff filed a Letter (Doc. 5) seeking an extension of time to pay

his filing fee.

I. Plaintiff’s Letter

First, it is improper for a party to communicate directly with court personnel.1

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mailing a letter to the Clerk of Court, the judge, or any court personnel is unacceptable. Any

request for action by the Court must be in the form of a motion that complies with the Rules

of Practice of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona (the Local Rules).

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Any future letters directed to the Clerk of Court, the judge, or any court personnel will not

be filed, will be stricken from the record, and will be returned to Plaintiff. Second, in

resolution of Plaintiff’s Letter, the Court will grant Plaintiff an extension of time to comply

with the Court’s June 15th Order.

II. Warnings

A. Address Changes

Plaintiff must file and serve a notice of a change of address in accordance with Rule

83.3(d) of the Local Rules of Civil Procedure. Plaintiff must not include a motion for other

relief with a notice of change of address. Failure to comply may result in dismissal of this

action.

B. Copies

Plaintiff must submit an additional copy of every filing for use by the Court. See

LRCiv 5.4. Failure to comply may result in the filing being stricken without further notice

to Plaintiff.

C. Possible Dismissal

If Plaintiff fails to timely comply with every provision of this Order, including these

warnings, the Court may dismiss this action without further notice. See Ferdik v. Bonzelet,

963 F.2d 1258, 1260-61 (9th Cir. 1992) (a district court may dismiss an action for failure to

comply with any order of the Court).

IT IS ORDERED:

(1) Plaintiff’s Letter (Doc. 5), to the extent it seeks an extension of time, is

granted.

(2) Within 30 days of the date this Order is filed, Plaintiff must either pay the

$350.00 filing fee or file a complete Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis and a

certified six-month trust account statement from each institution where he was confined

during the six-month period preceding the filing of the Complaint. 

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(3) If Plaintiff fails to either pay the $350.00 filing fee or file a complete

Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis within 30 days, the Clerk of Court must enter a

judgment of dismissal of this action without prejudice and without further notice to Plaintiff.

DATED this 25th day of July, 2010.

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