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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

CARLOS HENDON,

Plaintiff,

vs.

PETERSON,

Defendant. 

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1:05-cv-00839-AWI-DLB-P

ORDER DIRECTING PLAINTIFF TO

FILE APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN

FORMA PAUPERIS OR FILING FEE

WITHIN THIRTY DAYS

Plaintiff, Carlos Hendon (“Plaintiff”), is a state prisoner

proceeding pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42

U.S.C. § 1983. The matter was referred to a United States

Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local

Rule 72-302.

On August 14, 2005, the Magistrate Judge ordered Plaintiff

to submit an application to proceed in forma pauperis or pay the

$250 filing fee within thirty days. When Plaintiff did not

respond to this order, on October 19, 2005, the Magistrate Judge

filed Findings and Recommendation that recommended this action be

dismissed for Plaintiff’s failure to comply with the court’s

order. The Findings and Recommendations were served on

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 To the extent that the prison has a policy under which it does not provide inmates with certified copies of

trust account, meaning that the trust office mails the application with the certification directly to the court, Plaintiff

can comply with the court’s order by completing his portion of the application and cause it to be provided to the trust

office, along with any other required information. 

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Plaintiff and contained notice to Plaintiff that any objections

to the Findings and Recommendation were to be filed within thirty

(30) days. 

On October 31, 2005, Plaintiff filed objections to the

Magistrate Judge’s Findings and Recommendation. In the

objections Plaintiff claims that because of prison transfers and

other delay by prison officials he has been unable to obtain the

necessary documents concerning his application to proceed in

forma pauperis. 

The court cannot consider whether this action should proceed

unless Plaintiff pays the $250.00 filing fee or obtains in forma

pauperis status. The court cannot ascertain the exact nature of

why, over the course of several motions, Plaintiff has been

unable to provide the court with a completed copy of the court’s

standard application to proceed in forma pauperis, containing an

original signature of a prison official, along with a certified

copy of Plaintiff’s prison trust account. It is this court’s

understanding that if Plaintiff provides prison authorities with

a copy of this order, the application to proceed in forma

pauperis, and a request to provide the relevant information to

the court, prison officials will provide the relevant information

as required by the court.1 If it is Plaintiff’s contention that

he has followed the prison’s procedure for obtaining the required

information, but that unspecified persons have refused to accept

or process his application and provide Plaintiff with the

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relevant information, then Plaintiff should submit to the court a

declaration signed by him under penalty of perjury that includes

the steps Plaintiff took to get the applicable information, the

identity of the refusing individual(s), and the reason stated for

the refusal. The court may then hold a hearing to determine the

basis for the account office’s refusal or may order the Warden to

direct that the account office return the application with the

certification to the court. At this point, however, the court

lacks sufficient information as to why Plaintiff is not providing

the court with the required information. In the interests of

justice, the court will grant Plaintiff thirty more days in which

to file an application to proceed in forma pauperis.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:

1. The Clerk of the Court is DIRECTED to send Plaintiff the

standard application to proceed in forma pauperis; 

2. Within thirty days of the date of service of this order,

Plaintiff shall FILE the completed application to proceed in

forma pauperis, including an original signature by an

authorized prison official and a certified copy of

Plaintiff’s prison trust account; and

3. Plaintiff is FOREWARNED that if he fails to comply with this

order or otherwise respond to this order, the court will

adopt the Magistrate Judge’s Findings and Recommendation and

dismiss this action.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 5, 2005 /s/ Anthony W. Ishii 

0m8i78 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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