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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RONNIE O. BROWN, No. CIV S-06-1581-LKK-CMK-P

Plaintiff, 

vs. ORDER

BOARD OF PRISON TERMS,

et al.,

Defendants.

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Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action pursuant

to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the court are plaintiff’s applications for leave to proceed in

forma pauperis (Docs. 2 & 14). Also pending before the court is plaintiff’s document (Doc.15),

filed on November 3, 2006.

On August 3, 2006, the court issued an order advising plaintiff of a number of

defects in his application. First, plaintiff has not signed the application. Second, plaintiff has not

submitted a certified copy of his prison trust account statement for the six-month period

immediately preceding the filing of the complaint. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). Rather, the

document submitted as plaintiff’s trust account statement was not certified by appropriate

officials. Finally, the certification as to funds in plaintiff’s trust account was not signed by an

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authorized officer. Plaintiff was provided the opportunity to submit a completed application to

proceed in forma pauperis, which contains both a signed certification and a certified trust

account statement, or the appropriate filing fee, and was warned that failure to comply with this

order may result in the dismissal of this action. See Local Rule 11-110. On September 12,

2006, the court extended the time for plaintiff to comply.

On October 10, 2006, plaintiff submitted a document entitled “Notice of Motion

for an Order Injunctive Relief From the Defendants Refusal to Comply with Court Order.” This

document was construed as a request for an extension of time to comply with the court’s August

3, 2006, order and, so construed, was granted. Plaintiff has since filed the following documents:

(1) another application to proceed in forma pauperis (Doc. 14); and (2) a document entitled

“Notice and Request for Court Order on Plaintiff Motion Directing the Warden to Comply with

Courts Order for a Certified Copy of Plaintiffs Prison Trust Account Statement” (Doc. 15).

As to plaintiff’s second application to proceed in forma pauperis (Doc. 14), that

document suffers from a number of defects. Specifically, the certification is not signed by a

prison official and there is no certified trust account statement. As with plaintiff’s October 10,

2006, filing, the document entitled “Notice and Request for Court Order on Plaintiff Motion

Directing the Warden to Comply with Courts Order for a Certified Copy of Plaintiffs Prison

Trust Account Statement” is construed as a motion for an extension of time to provide a certified

copy of plaintiff’s prison trust account statement. Plaintiff will be provided an additional 30

days to comply with the August 3, 2006, order. The court also questions why this action is

brought within the Eastern District of California. Plaintiff appears to reside in the Central

District, and the complaint is unclear whether the acts complained of relate to his incarceration

within the Central District. Again, the Plaintiff should take precaution against filing the

complaint in the wrong court.

The court notes that plaintiff has alleged through his filings that prison officials

are thwarting his ability to comply with this court’s orders by not providing him with a certified

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copy of his trust account statements. Plaintiff has provided documentation to establish that he

has appropriately requested the statement. The Clerk of the court will be directed to serve a copy

of this order on the warden of the California Correctional Institute. If necessary, the court will

issue such further order as are appropriate to compel prison officials’ cooperation. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s document entitled “Notice and Request for Court Order on

Plaintiff Motion Directing the Warden to Comply with Courts Order for a Certified Copy of

Plaintiffs Prison Trust Account Statement” (Doc. 15) is construed as a motion for an extension

of time and, so construed, is granted;

2. Plaintiff shall submit on the form provided by the Clerk of the Court,

within 30 days from the date of this order, a complete application for leave to proceed in forma

pauperis, including the required signatures, affidavits and certifications, or the appropriate filing

fee; 

3. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send plaintiff a new form Application

to Proceed In Forma Pauperis By a Prisoner; and

4. The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve a copy of this order on the

warden of the California Correctional Institute at P.O. Box 1905, Tehachapi, CA 93581.

DATED: November 8, 2006.

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CRAIG M. KELLISON

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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