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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PATRICIA A. MCCOLM,

Plaintiff,

v.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al.,

Defendants.

CASE No. 1:14-cv-00580-LJO-MJS (PC)

ORDER DENYING WITHOUT PREJUDICE 

MOTION TO PROCEED IN FORMA 

PAUPERIS

(ECF No. 43)

THIRTY (30) DAY DEADLINE

Plaintiff is a former state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action 

brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff initially was granted leave to proceed in 

forma pauperis in this action on May 8, 2014, pursuant to her status as an indigent 

prisoner. Thereafter, Plaintiff was released from prison. On March 4, 2015, the District 

Judge previously assigned to the case ordered Plaintiff to pay the remaining filing fee in 

full by April 3, 2015. (ECF No. 13.) On March 20, 2015, the District Judge ordered 

Plaintiff to pay the filing fee or submit a motion to proceed in forma pauperis for a nonprisoner. (ECF No. 19.)

Thereafter, Plaintiff sought and received several extensions of time. (ECF Nos.

14, 20, 22, 24.) Her most recent request for extension of time was denied on February 7, 

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2017. (ECF No. 41.) Plaintiff submitted the instant motion on March 13, 2017. (ECF No. 

43.) 

Despite the passage of nearly two years since Plaintiff was first ordered to submit 

her application to proceed in forma pauperis, the submission is deficient. It is unsigned

and only the first of two pages of the form application was submitted. The motion 

contains insufficient information for the Court to make a reasoned determination on

Plaintiff’s request. The request will be denied without prejudice.

Based on the foregoing, it is HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis is DENIED without 

prejudice;

2. The Clerk’s Office shall send Plaintiff a blank application to proceed in 

forma pauperis for a non-prisoner;

3. Within thirty days of the date of this order, Plaintiff shall either pay the 

$400 filing fee in full or submit a completed and signed application to 

proceed in forma pauperis;

4. Failure to comply with this order will result in a recommendation that the 

action be dismissed. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 14, 2017 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

 

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