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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

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SANTOS MIGUEL VALENZUELA,

Plaintiff,

v.

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF 

CORRECTIONS AND 

REHABILITATION, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 19-cv-07827-YGR (PR)

ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITHOUT 

PREJUDICE

On November 29, 2019, Plaintiff, a state prisoner, filed the present pro se prisoner 

complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 

On that same date, the Clerk of the Court sent a notification to Plaintiff informing him 

that he did not pay the filing fee or file an in forma pauperis (“IFP”) application. Dkt. 3. The 

Clerk provided Plaintiff with a blank IFP application form, along with a return envelope, 

instructions, and a notification that the case would be dismissed if Plaintiff failed to pay the fee or 

file the completed application within twenty-eight days.

On December 9, 2019, Plaintiff submitted a completed IFP application and his six-month 

prisoner trust account statement, but he did not include his Certificate of Funds. Dkt. 4. On that 

same date, Plaintiff declined magistrate judge jurisdiction. Dkt. 5. Thereafter, this case was 

reassigned to the undersigned judge. Dkts. 6, 7. 

On January 15, 2020, the Clerk sent a second notice to Plaintiff, informing him that his IFP

application was deficient because of his failure to file his Certificate of Funds signed by an 

authorized officer or a prisoner trust account statement. The Clerk further informed him that his 

action could not forward until he filed his Certificate of Funds within twenty-eight days, and that 

his failure to do so would result in dismissal of this action. More than twenty-eight days have 

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passed, and Plaintiff has not filed his Certificate of Funds. 

Accordingly, this action is DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. Plaintiff’s IFP 

application is DENIED as incomplete. The Clerk shall close the file.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:

______________________________________

YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS

United States District Judge

March 9, 2020

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