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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

ASKIA ASHANTI,

Plaintiff,

v.

BARACK OBAMA, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2: 14-cv-1644 KJN P

ORDER

Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding without counsel, has filed a pleading with the court. 

(ECF No. 1.) This document is not filed on a complaint or a habeas corpus form. Plaintiff 

requests that the court direct the FBI to investigate prison mailroom personnel in relation to false 

allegations against plaintiff regarding drug trafficking. 

No other pleadings have been filed by the plaintiff. In order to commence an action, 

plaintiff must file a complaint as required by Rule 3 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and 

plaintiff must either pay the required filing fee or file an application requesting leave to proceed 

in forma pauperis.1 See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a), 1915(a). The court will not issue any orders 

granting or denying relief until an action has been properly commenced. Therefore, plaintiff’s 

pleading filed July 11, 2014 is disregarded. Because it appears that plaintiff intends to bring a 

 

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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.

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civil rights action, plaintiff will be provided the opportunity to file his complaint, and to submit 

an application requesting leave to proceed in forma pauperis or to submit the appropriate filing 

fee. 

In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff is granted thirty days from the date of service of this order to file a complaint 

that complies with the requirements of the Civil Rights Act, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 

and the Local Rules of Practice; the complaint must bear the docket number assigned this case; 

plaintiff must file an original and two copies of the complaint. Plaintiff shall also submit, within 

thirty days from the date of this order, the application to proceed in forma pauperis on the form 

provided by the Clerk of Court, or the filing fee in the amount of $400.00.2 Plaintiff’s failure to 

comply with this order will result in a recommendation that this matter be dismissed; and

2. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send plaintiff the court’s form for filing a civil 

rights action, and the application to proceed in forma pauperis by a prisoner.

3. Plaintiff’s pleading filed July 11, 2014 (ECF No. 1) is disregarded.

Dated: July 23, 2014

Ash1644.noc

 

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 The $400.00 is comprised of the $350.00 filing fee and a $50.00 administrative fee. If plaintiff 

is granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis, plaintiff is not required to pay the $50.00 

administrative fee. 

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