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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Leonard D. O’Dell, 

Plaintiff, 

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Detention Officer Abbott, et al., 

Defendants. 

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No. CV 11-2261-PHX-RCB (MHB)

ORDER

Plaintiff Leonard O’Dell, who is confined in the Fourth Avenue Jail, filed a pro se

civil rights Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Because Plaintiff had not paid the

$350.00 civil action filing fee or filed a proper Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis,

the Court denied Plaintiff’s Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis with leave to either

pay the filing fee or file a properly completed in forma pauperis application. (Doc. 6.)

Plaintiff has filed a motion to defer or waive filing fees, which will be denied because it is

not on the court-approved form. (Doc. 5.) Plaintiff has also filed a new in forma pauperis

application, which will be denied as incomplete. (Doc. 8.) In addition, Plaintiff has filed

a motion to accelerate proceedings, which will be denied. (Doc. 12.) The Court will give

Plaintiff another 30 days in which to either pay the fee or file a completed Application to

Proceed In Forma Pauperis.

I. Payment of Filing Fee

When bringing an action, a prisoner must either pay the $350.00 filing fee in a lump

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sum or, if granted the privilege of proceeding in forma pauperis, pay the fee incrementally

as set forth in 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1). An application to proceed in forma pauperis requires

an affidavit of indigence and a certified copy of the inmate’s trust account statement for the

six months preceding the filing of the Complaint. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). An inmate must

submit statements from each institution where he was confined during the six-month period.

Id. To assist prisoners in meeting these requirements, the Court requires use of a form

application. LRCiv 3.4(a).

If a prisoner is granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis, the Court will assess an

initial partial filing fee of 20% of either the average monthly deposits or the average monthly

balance in Plaintiff’s account, whichever is greater. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1). An initial

partial filing fee will only be collected when funds exist. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(4). The

balance of the fee will be collected in monthly payments of 20% of the preceding month’s

income credited to an inmate’s account, each time the amount in the account exceeds $10.00.

28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2). 

II. Application Fails to Comply With Statute

Plaintiff has used the court-approved form, but he has again left blank the “Consent

to Collection of Fees from Trust Account” section. This part of the in forma pauperis

application must be filled out, signed, and dated. In light of that deficiency, Plaintiff will be

permitted 30 days to either pay the $350.00 filing fee or file a complete Application to

Proceed In Forma Pauperis.

III. Motion to Accelerate Proceedings

As noted above, Plaintiff has filed a motion to accelerate proceedings. Specifically,

Plaintiff appears to be seeking to accelerate discovery. Plaintiff’s request will be denied.

Plaintiff must first either pay the filing fee or file a properly-completed in forma pauperis

application using the court-approved form. If the Court thereafter concludes that Plaintiff

has stated a legally-cognizable claim in his First Amended Complaint, service will be ordered

and the case referred to a magistrate judge to set deadlines for discovery and other pretrial

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matters. 

IV. Warnings

A. Address Changes

Plaintiff must file and serve a notice of a change of address in accordance with Rule

83.3(d) of the Local Rules of Civil Procedure. Plaintiff must not include a motion for other

relief with a notice of change of address. Failure to comply may result in dismissal of this

action.

B. Copies

Plaintiff must submit an additional copy of every filing for use by the Court. See

LRCiv 5.4. Failure to comply may result in the filing being stricken without further notice

to Plaintiff.

C. Possible Dismissal

If Plaintiff fails to timely comply with every provision of this Order, including these

warnings, the Court may dismiss this action without further notice. See Ferdik v. Bonzelet,

963 F.2d 1258, 1260-61 (9th Cir. 1992) (a district court may dismiss an action for failure to

comply with any order of the Court).

IT IS ORDERED:

(1) Plaintiff’s motion to defer or waive fees and his Application to Proceed In

Forma Pauperis are denied without prejudice. (Doc. 5, 8.)

(2) Within 30 days of the date this Order is filed, Plaintiff must either pay the

$350.00 filing fee or file a completed Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis and a

certified six-month trust account statement. 

(3) If Plaintiff fails to either pay the $350.00 filing fee or file a completed

Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis within 30 days, the Clerk of Court must enter a

judgment of dismissal of this action without prejudice and without further notice to Plaintiff.

(4) The Clerk of the Court must mail Plaintiff a court-approved form for filing an

Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (Non-Habeas).

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(5) Plaintiff’s motion to accelerate proceedings is denied. (Doc. 12.

Dated this 27 day of December, 2011. th

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