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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

TONY BLACKMAN, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

K. LAVALEUR, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:15-cv-1484-GEB-EFB P 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff, a prisoner without counsel, has filed a complaint alleging civil rights violations 

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He has submitted an affidavit requesting leave to proceed in forma 

pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1). He has also submitted a trust account statement, but 

it is not certified and is outdated by over eight years. 

 Section 1915(a)(2) requires “a prisoner seeking to bring a civil action without prepayment 

of fees or security therefor, in addition to filing the affidavit filed under paragraph (1), shall 

submit a certified copy of the trust fund account statement (or institutional equivalent) for the 

prisoner for the 6-month period immediately preceding the filing of the complaint . . . , obtained 

from the appropriate official of each prison at which the prisoner is or was confined.” 28 U.S.C. 

§ 1915(a)(2) (emphasis added). 

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 Accordingly, plaintiff has 30 days from the date this order is served to submit the required 

trust account statement. Failure to comply with this order will result in a recommendation that 

this action be dismissed. The Clerk of the court is directed to send to plaintiff a new form 

Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis by a Prisoner. 

 So ordered. 

Dated: October 19, 2015. 

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