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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

DARIUS SIMS,

Plaintiff,

v.

SCOTT HEATLEY,

Defendant.

No. 2:14-cv-0393 KJN P

ORDER

Plaintiff, a state prisoner at Mule Creek State Prison (MCSP), has filed a “letter,”

complaining of his medical services at MCSP.1 Plaintiff has also filed a request for extension of 

time within which to file a complaint and submit an application to proceed in forma pauperis. 

In order to commence an action in this court, plaintiff must file an actual complaint, as 

required by Rule 3 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and must also pay the required filing 

fee OR file an application requesting leave to proceed in forma pauperis. 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. 

 

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Plaintiff’s letter was originally filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District 

of California, on November 27, 2013. (ECF No. 1.) The matter was inadvertently transferred to 

the Central District of California. (See ECF No. 5.) By order filed January 30, 2014, this matter 

was transferred to the Eastern District of California, and assigned to the undersigned magistrate 

judge on February 6, 2014. (ECF No. 8-10.) 

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Therefore, plaintiff will be provided a reasonable opportunity to file a complaint, AND to 

submit an application requesting leave to proceed in forma pauperis OR to pay the full filing fee

of $400.00 (filing fee of $350.00 plus $50.00 administrative fee).

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

1. Plaintiff is granted thirty days after the date of service of this order to: (A) 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;

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pauperis on the form provided herewith by the Clerk of Court, OR pay the fee of $400.00.

2. Plaintiff’s failure to comply with this order will result in a recommendation that this 

matter be dismissed. 

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

prisoner civil rights action, and for seeking in forma pauperis status by a prisoner.

SO ORDERED. 

Dated: February 12, 2014

sims0393.nocompl

 

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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 $50.00 administrative fee.

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The complaint must bear the docket number assigned this case; plaintiff must file an original 

and two copies of the complaint.

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