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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

VENCIL C. GREEN,

Plaintiff,

v.

UNKNOWN,

Defendant.

No. 2:15-cv-0397 CKD P

ORDER

Plaintiff, a state prisoner at California State Prison, Sacramento, has filed a letter with the 

court. No other pleadings have been filed by the plaintiff. In order to commence an action, 

plaintiff must file a complaint as required by Rule 3 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and 

plaintiff must either pay the required filing fee or file an application requesting leave to proceed 

in forma pauperis.1 See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a), 1915(a). The court will not issue any orders 

granting or denying relief until an action has been properly commenced. Therefore, plaintiff’s 

motion will be denied without prejudice. Plaintiff will be provided the opportunity to file his 

complaint, and to submit an application requesting leave to proceed in forma pauperis or to 

submit the appropriate filing fee. 

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If leave to file in forma pauperis is granted, plaintiff will still be required to pay the filing fee 

but will be allowed to pay it in installments.

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

1. Plaintiff’s February 19, 2015 letter is denied without prejudice;

2. Plaintiff is granted thirty days from the date of service of this order to file a complaint 

that complies with the requirements of the Civil Rights Act, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 

and the Local Rules of Practice; the complaint must bear the docket number assigned this case; 

plaintiff must file an original and two copies of the complaint. Plaintiff shall also submit, within 

thirty days from the date of this order, the application to proceed in forma pauperis on the form 

provided by the Clerk of Court, or the filing fee in the amount of $400.00.2 Plaintiff’s failure to 

comply with this order will result in a recommendation that this matter be dismissed; and

3. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send plaintiff the court’s form for filing a civil 

rights action, and the application to proceed in forma pauperis by a prisoner.

Dated: February 24, 2015

2/md; gree0397.Nocompl

 

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 The $400.00 is comprised of the $350.00 filing fee and a $50.00 administrative fee. If plaintiff 

is granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis, plaintiff is not required to pay the $50.00 

administrative fee. 

_____________________________________

CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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