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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 

BRANDON T. BARNES, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

UNKNOWN, 

Defendants. 

No. 2:16-cv-2606 AC P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 

U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has not, however, filed an in forma pauperis affidavit or paid the 

required filing fee of $350.00 plus the $50.00 administrative fee.1

 See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a), 

1915(a). However, he has requested that the court send him an application to proceed in forma 

pauperis. ECF No. 1 at 6. 

 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

 1. Plaintiff shall submit, within thirty days from the date of this order, an affidavit in 

support of his request to proceed in forma pauperis on the form provided by the Clerk of Court. 

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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. Litigants proceeding in forma pauperis are not 

required to pay the $50.00 administrative fee. 

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Plaintiff’s failure to comply with this order will result in a recommendation that this action be 

dismissed. 

 2. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send plaintiff a new Application to Proceed In 

Forma Pauperis By a Prisoner. 

DATED: November 8, 2016 

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