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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Plaintiff Antoine Deshawn Barnes is a county jail inmate proceeding pro se in this civil rights 

action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 

On March 6, 2020, Plaintiff filed the instant complaint, along with a motion to proceed in 

forma pauperis in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, Sacramento 

Division. 

On March 17, 2020, the action was transferred to this Court. (ECF No. 4.) 

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ANTOINE DESHAWN BARNES,

 Plaintiff,

v.

BLACKBURN, et al.,

Defendants.

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Case No.: 1:20-cv-00390-SAB (PC)

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO PROCEED IN 

FORMA PAUPERIS

(ECF No. 2)

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO 

FORWARD ORDER TO SHERIFF OF KINGS 

COUNTY JAIL

ORDER DIRECTING PLAINTIFF TO FILE A 

COMPLETED APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN 

FORMA PAUPERIS OR PAY FILING FEE

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Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis is incomplete. There is no certified copy of 

Plaintiff’s trust account statement for the past six months attached to the application as the instructions 

require, nor is the certificate portion of the form dated, signed, or filled-out by an authorized officer of 

the penal institution. Plaintiff must submit a completed form, including a certified copy of his trust 

account statement, if he wishes for the application to be considered. 

On the form application, in the portion available for the signature of an authorized officer of 

the institution where Plaintiff is incarcerated, Plaintiff has written “Refuse to Sign. Conflict of 

Interest.” (ECF No. 2, at p. 2.) The Court construes the notation as an indication that Plaintiff was 

unable to obtain a signature from an officer at the Kings County Jail in Hanford, California, where 

Plaintiff is currently housed, for his in forma pauperis application. 

In light of Plaintiff’s apparent difficulties in obtaining an authorized signature on the form 

application and copy of his inmate trust statement, the Court will forward a copy of this order to 

appropriate staff at the Kings County Jail.

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 Court is directed to forward a copy of this order and Plaintiff’s motion

(ECF No. 2), to the Sheriff of the Kings County Jail in Hanford, California, that the appropriate person 

might be aware of the difficulty Plaintiff is experiencing in obtaining the information necessary to 

complete his application to proceed in forma pauperis; 

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 trust account statement for the past six months, or in the alternative, pay the $400.00 initial filing 

fee for this action;

4. No extension of time will be granted absent a showing of good cause; and

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5. The failure to comply with this order will result in dismissal of this action without

prejudice. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 17, 2020 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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