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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

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MIGUEL DIAZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

M. OSMAN, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:23-cv-01449-JDP (PC)

ORDER

Plaintiff, a state prisoner at California Medical Facility, has filed a motion for preliminary 

injunction and temporary restraining order. No other pleadings have been filed by the plaintiff. 

In order to commence an action, plaintiff must file a complaint as required by Rule 3 of the 

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and plaintiff must either pay the required filing fee or file an 

application requesting leave to proceed in forma pauperis.1 See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a), 1915(a). 

The court will not issue any orders granting or denying relief until an action has been properly 

commenced. Therefore, plaintiff’s motion will be disregarded. Plaintiff will be provided the 

opportunity to file his complaint, and to submit an application requesting leave to proceed in 

forma pauperis or to submit the appropriate filing fee. 

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

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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.

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1. Plaintiff’s motion for preliminary injunction and temporary restraining order, ECF No. 

1, is disregarded.

2. Plaintiff is granted thirty days from the date of service of this order to file a complaint 

that complies with the requirements of the Civil Rights Act, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 

and the Local Rules of Practice; the complaint must bear the docket number assigned this case; 

plaintiff must file an original and two copies of the complaint. Plaintiff shall also submit, within 

thirty days from the date of this order, the application to proceed in forma pauperis on the form 

provided by the Clerk of Court, or the filing fee in the amount of $402.00.2 Plaintiff’s failure to 

comply with this order will result in a recommendation that this matter be dismissed; and

3. The Clerk of Court is directed to send plaintiff the court’s form for filing a civil rights 

action, and the application to proceed in forma pauperis by a prisoner.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 28, 2023 

JEREMY D. PETERSON

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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 The $402.00 is comprised of the $350.00 filing fee and a $52.00 administrative fee. If 

plaintiff is granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis, plaintiff is not required to pay the $52.00 

administrative fee. 

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