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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KEVIN WILLIAM ROST, JR.,

Plaintiff,

v.

KINGS COUNTY JAIL, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:20-cv-00227-BAM (PC)

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO PROCEED 

IN FORMA PAUPERIS WITHOUT 

PREJUDICE

(ECF No. 2)

ORDER REQUIRING PLAINTIFF TO FILE 

COMPLETED APPLICATION TO PROCEED 

IN FORMA PAUPERIS OR PAY FILING FEE

THIRTY (30) DAY DEADLINE

Plaintiff Kevin William Rost, Jr. is a pretrial detainee proceeding pro se in this civil rights 

action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 

Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis, filed on 

February 13, 2020. ((ECF No. 2.)

However, Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis is incomplete. Specifically, 

the certificate portion of the application is not filled-out, dated, and signed by an authorized 

officer of the Kings County Jail and there is no certified copy of Plaintiff’s Kings County Jail 

trust account statement for the six-month period immediately preceding the filing of Plaintiff’s 

complaint attached to the application as the instructions require. Plaintiff must submit a 

completed application, including a certified copy of his trust account statement from the Kings

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County Jail, if he wishes for his application to proceed in forma pauperis to be considered by the 

Court.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis, (ECF No. 2), is DENIED without 

prejudice;

2. The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve a blank in forma pauperis application 

for a prisoner on Plaintiff;

3. Within thirty (30) days from the date of service of this order, Plaintiff shall file

the attached application to proceed in forma pauperis, completed and signed, 

including a certified copy of his jail trust account statement for the past six 

months, or, in the alternative, pay the $400.00 filing fee for this action;

4. No extension of time will be granted without a showing of good cause; and

5. Plaintiff is warned that the failure to comply with this order will result in the 

recommendation dismissal of this action without prejudice.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 14, 2020 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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