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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Bivens Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL DAVID HARRISON,

Plaintiff,

v.

BIRTWELL, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:24-cv-1413 CSK P

ORDER

Plaintiff, a federal inmate formerly housed at the Federal Correctional Institution in 

Herlong, California, filed this civil rights action pursuant to Bivens v. Six Unknown Named 

Agents of Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971). However, plaintiff did not file an in 

forma pauperis affidavit or pay the required filing fee of $350.00 plus the $55.00 administrative 

fee.1 See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a), 1915(a). Plaintiff is provided the opportunity either to submit 

the appropriate affidavit in support of a request to proceed in forma pauperis or to submit the 

required fees totaling $405.00.

Plaintiff is cautioned that the in forma pauperis application form includes a section that 

must be completed by a prison official, and the form must be accompanied by a certified copy of 

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 If leave to file in forma pauperis is granted, plaintiff will still be required to pay the filing fee 

but will be allowed to pay it in installments. Litigants proceeding in forma pauperis are not 

required to pay the $55.00 administrative fee.

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plaintiff’s prison trust account statement for the six-month period immediately preceding the 

filing of this action.

In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff shall submit, within thirty days from the date of this order, an affidavit in 

support of his request to proceed in forma pauperis on the form provided by the Clerk of Court, or 

the required fees in the amount of $405.00; plaintiff’s failure to comply with this order will result 

in a recommendation that this action be dismissed; and

2. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send plaintiff a new Application to Proceed In 

Forma Pauperis By a Prisoner.

Dated: June 5, 2024

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