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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

David Joseph Lopez, 

Plaintiff, 

vs.

Tom Sheahan, Mohave Co. Sheriff, et al.,

Defendants. 

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No. CV 06-2837-PCT-FJM (LOA)

ORDER

Plaintiff David Joseph Lopez, who is confined in the Arizona State Prison Complex

in Florence, Arizona, has filed a pro se civil rights Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

Plaintiff has not paid the $350.00 civil action filing fee or filed a proper Application to

Proceed In Forma Pauperis. The Court will give Plaintiff 30 days to 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

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.

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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 has not submitted a certified six-month

trust account statement. Although Plaintiff attached a printout of his inmate bank account

statement to his Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis, the printout is not certified by

an authorized officer of the institution and does not show deposits and average monthly

balances, as required.

The Arizona Department of Corrections (ADOC) has notified the Court that a

certified trust fund account statement showing deposits and average monthly balances

is available from the ADOC’s Central Office. 

Accordingly, Plaintiff’s Application to Proceed will be denied without prejudice and

Plaintiff will be given 30 days to submit a new Application to Proceed, using the form

included with this Order, and a certified copy of his trust fund account statement from the

ADOC’s Central Office for the six months immediately preceding the filing of the

Complaint.

III. 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

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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 Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis, filed with the Complaint,

is denied without prejudice.

(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.

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

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

DATED this 13th day of December, 2006.

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