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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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JDDL

WO MDR

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Jimmy Lee Cheney, 

Plaintiff, 

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Arizona Department of Corrections, et al.,

Defendants. 

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No. CV 11-816-PHX-GMS (ECV)

ORDER

On April 21, 2011, Plaintiff Jimmy Lee Cheney, who is confined in the Arizona State

Prison Complex-Lewis in Buckeye, Arizona, filed a pro se civil rights Complaint pursuant

to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and an Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis. In an April 25, 2011

Order, the Court denied the deficient Application to Proceed and gave Plaintiff 30 days to

pay the fee or file a complete Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis.

On May 31, 2011, Plaintiff filed a “Motion to Request a Thirty Day Extension of

Time to Complete Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis with Six Month Trust Account

Statement.” In a June 2, 2011 Order, the Court granted the Motion and gave Plaintiff an

additional 30 days to either pay the $350.00 filing fee or file a complete Application to

Proceed In Forma Pauperis.

On July 14, 2011, Plaintiff filed a “Motion to Request this Court Order ADOCCentral Office to Send Plaintiff a Certified Trust Fund Account Statement Showing Deposits

and Average Monthly Balances” (Doc. 8).

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I. Pending Motion

In his Motion, Plaintiff requests that the Court order the Arizona Department of

Corrections (ADOC) to send Plaintiff a certified trust fund account statement. Plaintiff states

that the Court has granted him “two (2) continuances and A.D.O.C. has still not produced the

[account statement].” Plaintiff contends that ADOC is “fully aware” that Plaintiff needs the

account statement because of the Court’s April 25th Order and because Plaintiff has

submitted two inmate letters.

The Court has granted Plaintiff one continuance, not two. In addition, a copy of the

Court’s April 25th Order was never sent to ADOC. Given the fact that the Court has had

virtually no prior problems with ADOC personnel providing inmates with certified trust

account statements, the Court will not intervene at this time. Although the Court is not aware

of the precise steps an inmate must take to obtain a certified trust account statement, if

Plaintiff submits another inmate letter to ADOC officials seeking a copy of his certified trust

account statement, he should attach a copy of this Order to his request.

Although the Court will deny Plaintiff’s Motion, the Court, in its discretion, will grant

Plaintiff an additional 30 days within which to comply with the April 25th Order.

II. 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

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.

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C. Possible Dismissal

If Plaintiff fails to timely comply with every provision of the April 25th Order and 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 “Motion to Request this Court Order ADOC-Central Office to Send

Plaintiff a Certified Trust Fund Account Statement Showing Deposits and Average Monthly

Balances” (Doc. 8) is denied.

(2) Within 30 days of the date this Order is filed, Plaintiff must either pay the

$350.00 filing fee or file a complete Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis and a

certified six-month trust account statement from the ADOC’s Central Office. 

(3) If Plaintiff fails to either pay the $350.00 filing fee or file a complete

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.

DATED this 20th day of July, 2011.

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