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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 

DANIEL J. ARZAGA, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

MATTHEW CATE, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:16-cv-0151 AC P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights complaint pursuant to 

42 U.S.C. § 1983, together with a request for leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 

U.S.C. § 1915. However, the certificate portion of the in forma pauperis request (which must be 

completed by an official at plaintiff’s place of incarceration) has not been filled out. Also, 

plaintiff has not filed a certified copy of his prison trust account statement for the six-month 

period immediately preceding the filing of the complaint. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). Plaintiff 

will be provided the opportunity to submit a completed in forma pauperis application and a 

certified copy of his trust account statement for the relevant period. 

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

 1. Plaintiff shall, within thirty days from the filing date of this order, submit a newly 

completed affidavit in support of his request to proceed in forma pauperis on the form provided 

herewith by the Clerk of Court; the certificate portion of the affidavit shall be completed by an 

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official at plaintiff’s place of incarceration; and plaintiff shall attach a certified copy of his prison 

trust account statement for the six-month period immediately preceding the filing of his 

complaint. 

 2. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send plaintiff a new Application to Proceed In 

Forma Pauperis By a Prisoner. 

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

action be dismissed without prejudice. 

DATED: February 3, 2016 

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