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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

STEVEN LEE MORTENEN,

Plaintiff,

v.

BUTTE COUNTY JAIL,

Defendant.

No. 2:16-cv-1658 CKD P

ORDER

Plaintiff, a Butte County Jail prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action 

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has not, however, filed a request to proceed in forma 

pauperis or paid the required filing fee of $350.00 plus the $50.00 administrative fee.1See 28 

U.S.C. §§ 1914(a), 1915(a). Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

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

proceed in forma pauperis on the form provided by the Clerk of Court, or the required fees in the 

amount of $400.00; plaintiff’s failure to comply with this order will result in dismissal; and

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

Forma Pauperis By a Prisoner.

Dated: July 25, 2016

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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