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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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WO RP

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Donald E. Boyd, 

Plaintiff, 

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State of Arizona, et al., 

Defendants. 

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No. CV 10-2554-PHX-MHM (DKD) 

ORDER

Plaintiff Donald E. Boyd, who is confined in the New Jersey State Prison in Trenton,

New Jersey, has filed a pro se civil rights Complaint (Doc. 1) and an “Application For Pro

Bono Counsel 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1)” (Doc. 5). Plaintiff has not paid the $350.00 civil

action filing fee but has filed an Application To Proceed In Forma Pauperis (Doc. 2) and a

“Trust Account Statement” (Doc. 3). The Court will deny the Application without prejudice

and give Plaintiff 30 days to pay the filing fee or file a completed Application to Proceed In

Forma Pauperis on a court-approved form and a certified six-month trust account statement.

I. Payment of Filing Fee

When bringing an action, a prisoner must either pay the $350.00 filing fee in a lump

sum or, if granted the privilege of proceeding in forma pauperis, pay the fee incrementally

as set forth in 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1). An application to proceed in forma pauperis requires

an affidavit of indigence and a certified copy of the prisoner’s trust account statement for the

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six months preceding the filing of the Complaint. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). A prisoner must

submit statements from each institution where he was confined during the six-month period.

Id. To assist prisoners in meeting these requirements, the Court requires use of a form

application. LRCiv 3.4(a).

If a prisoner is granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis, the Court will assess an

initial partial filing fee of 20% of either the average monthly deposits or the average monthly

balance in Plaintiff’s account, whichever is greater. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1). An initial

partial filing fee will only be collected when funds exist. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(4). The

balance of the fee will be collected in monthly payments of 20% of the preceding month’s

income credited to an inmate’s account, each time the amount in the account exceeds $10.00.

28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2). 

II. Deficient Application

Although Plaintiff filed an Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (Doc. 2),

Plaintiff’s Application is deficient as an Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis in this

Court in a number of ways. First, the Application is not on the court-approved form.

Second, the Application does not list the sum Plaintiff has on account to his credit at the

institution, does not list the average monthly balance Plaintiff had during the past six months,

and does not list the average monthly deposits to Plaintiff’s account for the past six months.

Third, the Application has not been signed by an authorized officer of the institution. Fourth,

the “Trust Account Statement” (Doc. 3) which Plaintiff filed has not been certified by an

authorized officer of the institution as required.

Accordingly, Plaintiff’s Application will be denied without prejudice and Plaintiff will

be permitted 30 days to either pay the $350.00 filing fee or file a completed Application to

Proceed In Forma Pauperis on a court-approved form and a certified six-month trust account

statement. 

III. Warnings

A. Address Changes

Plaintiff must file and serve a notice of a change of address in accordance with Rule

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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.

C. Possible Dismissal

If Plaintiff fails to timely comply with every provision of 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 Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (Doc. 2) is denied

without prejudice.

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

$350.00 filing fee or file a completed Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis on the

court-approved form provided with this Order and a certified six-month trust account

statement. 

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

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.

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(4) The Clerk of the Court must mail to Plaintiff a court-approved form for filing

an Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (Non-Habeas).

DATED this 13th day of December, 2010.

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