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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHNNY L. SMALL,

Plaintiff,

v.

Z. AHMED,

Defendant.

Case No. 15-cv-00047-JCS (PR) 

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

Plaintiff has failed to comply with the Court’s order to (1) perfect his application to 

proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”), or (2) pay the full filing fee of $400.00. His IFP 

application is incomplete because it does not contain a Certificate of Funds that has been 

completed and signed by an authorized prison officer. Nor does it contain a prison trust 

account statement showing transactions for the last six months. Accordingly, the action is 

DISMISSED without prejudice for failing to respond to the Court’s order, and for failure 

to prosecute, see Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b).1 Because this dismissal is without prejudice, 

plaintiff may move to reopen the action. Any such motion must contain (1) both 

documents described above; or (2) full payment for the filing fee of $400.00. 

Plaintiff’s IFP application (Docket No. 2) is DENIED as insufficient. The Clerk 

shall terminate Docket No. 2, enter judgment in favor of defendant, and close the file.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 20, 2015

_________________________

 JOSEPH C. SPERO

 Chief United States Magistrate Judge

 

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Plaintiff consented to magistrate judge jurisdiction. (Docket No. 5.) The magistrate 

judge, then, has jurisdiction to decide this motion, even though defendants have not been 

served or consented to magistrate judge jurisdiction. See Neals v. Norwood, 59 F.3d 530,

532 (5th Cir. 1995) 

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHNNY L. SMALL,

Plaintiff,

v.

Z. AHMED,

Defendant.

Case No. 15-cv-00047-JCS 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. 

District Court, Northern District of California.

That on 2/20/2015, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing said 

copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by depositing 

said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery receptacle 

located in the Clerk's office.

Johnny L. Small ID: #:J-44318

Chino State Prison

P.O. Box. 500

Chino, CA 91708 

Dated: 2/20/2015

Richard W. Wieking

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

Karen Hom, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable JOSEPH C. SPERO

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