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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SCOTT K. RICKS,

 Plaintiff,

 vs.

O. ONYEJE, et al.,

 Defendants.

1:15-cv-01148-EPG-PC

ORDER ADDESSING PLAINTIFF’S 

REQUEST FOR CLARIFICATION

(ECF No. 13.)

Scott K. Ricks (APlaintiff@) is an inmate proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with 

this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed the Complaint commencing 

this action on July 24, 2015. (ECF No. 1.) 

On August 17, 2015, Plaintiff filed a request for clarification of the Court’s order issued 

on August 6, 2015. (ECF No. 13.) The Court’s order of August 6, 2015 reads as follows on 

the docket:

ORDER Terminating 10 Motion to Proceed in Forma Pauperis; 

Previous 2 Motion to Proceed in Forma Pauperis was Granted by 

Order 7 on 7/27/15. (Text Entry Only). 

(ECF No. 12.) Plaintiff requests an explanation why his motion to proceed in forma pauperis

was “terminated” on August 6, 2015 after it had already been granted. Plaintiff asserts that on 

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July 27, 2015, his motion to proceed in forma pauperis was granted, and on August 11, 2015, 

he received the August 6, 2015 order “terminating” his motion.

The Court offers this explanation of the chain of events. On July 24, 2015, Plaintiff 

filed a motion to proceed in forma pauperis. (ECF No. 2.) On July 27, 2015, the Court issued 

an order granting the motion. (ECF No. 7.) On July 31, 2015, Plaintiff filed a document titled 

“Application to Proceed in Forma Pauperis by a Prisoner.” (ECF No. 10.) The Court construed 

Plaintiff’s application as another “motion to proceed in forma pauperis.” (Id.) The Court 

“terminated” the July 31, 2015 motion, because there was no need for the Court to grant 

another motion to proceed in forma pauperis in this case.1 

Plaintiff is advised that he is now proceeding in forma pauperis in this action, and there 

is no need for him to file any additional motions to proceed in forma pauperis or copies of his 

prison trust account statement for this case. This order resolves Plaintiff’s request for 

clarification filed on August 17, 2015.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 21, 2016 /s/

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

 

1 On August 31, 2015, Plaintiff filed a third motion to proceed in forma pauperis, which was 

also “terminated” on the docket for the same reason. (ECF Nos. 14, 15.) 

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