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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 

SAMUEL SANCHEZ, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

DIRECTOR, CALIFORNIA 

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, 

Defendant. 

No. 2:16-cv-0599-EFB P 

ORDER 

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel. If plaintiff wishes to proceed with 

a civil action, he must pay the $400 filing fee required by 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) or request leave to 

proceed in forma pauperis and submit the affidavit and trust account statement required by 28 

U.S.C. § 1915(a). 1 Plaintiff has neither paid the fee nor submitted a proper application for leave 

to proceed in forma pauperis.2

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 Plaintiff commenced this action in the United States District Court for the Northern 

District of California by filing a motion for injunctive relief. ECF No. 1. Although plaintiff did 

not file a civil complaint, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, 

in transferring the action to this court, stated that plaintiff had filed a civil rights action. ECF No. 

6. 

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 On March 3, 2016, the United States District Court for the Northern District of 

California also ordered plaintiff to pay the filing fee or submit a proper application for leave to 

proceed in forma pauperis within 28 days. ECF No. 2. The action was transferred to this court 

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 Accordingly, plaintiff has 30 days from the date of service of this order to submit either 

the filing fee or the application required by § 1915(a). The Clerk of the Court is directed to mail 

to plaintiff a form application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. Failure to comply with this 

order will result in a recommendation that this action be dismissed. 

 So ordered. 

Dated: March 24, 2016.

 

before that deadline expired. 

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