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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

ORRIN TYLER COLBOURN,

Plaintiff,

v.

CALIFORNIA COURTS, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:20-cv-0725 DB P

ORDER

Plaintiff, a county jail inmate proceeding pro se, seeks relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 

This proceeding was referred to this court by Local Rule 302 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1).

On April 13, 2020, plaintiff was ordered to file an in forma pauperis application within 

thirty days. (ECF No. 3). The application form requires a certification of the sum plaintiff has on 

account by the institution of incarceration, and federal statutory law requires the submission of a 

certified copy of the inmate’s trust fund account statement (or the institutional equivalent) for the 

six-month period immediately preceding the filing of the complaint. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2).

On April 22, 2020, plaintiff filed documents with this court indicating that he had 

requested a trust account statement from Butte County Jail authorities. (See ECF No. 4). 

Thereafter, on May 7, 2020, plaintiff filed a document stating that the jail has refused to return a 

certified trust account statement for this matter. (See ECF No. 6). Shortly thereafter, on May 11, 

2020, plaintiff also filed a motion requesting that Butte County Jail be ordered to send a copy of 

his certified trust account statement to the court. (See ECF No. 7).

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Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s motion to compel the Butte County Jail to send the court a copy of his 

prisoner trust fund account statement (or the institutional equivalent) (ECF No. 7) is GRANTED;

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

Pauperis By A Prisoner;

3. Within thirty days of the date of this order, plaintiff shall complete his part of the form 

and then ask the appropriate jail official to fill out and certify its part. The completed document 

shall be filed within this time-period;

4. The appropriate Butte County Jail official is directed to submit a certified copy of the 

jail trust fund account statement (or its equivalent) for inmate Orrin Tyler Colbourn, inmate 

identification number 129561, to the Clerk’s Office within 72 business hours of this notification. 

The statement must reflect the activity for the last six months. Please e-mail the certified jail trust 

account statement in .pdf format to FilingsSacramento@caed.uscourts.gov with the case number 

in the subject line as reflected on the first page of this order, and

5. The appropriate Butte County Jail official is also directed to fill out and certify the 

information requested of the jail on plaintiff’s Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis By A 

Prisoner when plaintiff presents it. Thereafter, the form shall be returned to plaintiff so that he 

may file it with this court.

Dated: May 18, 2020

DLB:13

DB/ORDERS/ORDERS.PRISONER.CIVIL RIGHTS/colb0725.jail.o.ptfas

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