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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DANIEL JOHN ZEISZLER,

Plaintiff,

v.

JOHN MOODY, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 14-cv-04874-YGR (PR)

ORDER REGARDING IN FORMA 

PAUPERIS MOTION

On November 3, 2014, Plaintiff, who is currently incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison, 

filed this pro se civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On that same date, the Clerk of the 

Court sent Plaintiff a notice directing him to pay the filing fee or to file a completed in forma 

pauperis (“IFP”) application. Plaintiff filed an IFP application form; however, Plaintiff did not 

file copies of the Certificate of Funds and prisoner trust account statement. The Clerk has since 

issued three other similar notices, but Plaintiff has still not filed the requisite documents. Dkts. 5, 

9, 13. In his most recent attempt to file a complete IFP application, dkt. 14, Plaintiff’s Certificate 

of Funds and prisoner trust account statement are still missing.

Ordinarily, a plaintiff is permitted to file a civil action in federal court without prepayment 

of fees or security if he submits an affidavit that he is unable to pay such fees or give security 

therefor. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). If the plaintiff is a prisoner who alleges that he is unable to 

pay the full filing fee at the time of filing, he must submit: (1) an affidavit that includes a 

statement of all assets he possesses, and (2) a certified copy of the trust fund account statement for 

the prisoner for the six-month period immediately preceding the filing of the action, obtained from 

the appropriate official of each prison at which the prisoner is or was confined. See id.

§ 1915(a)(1), (2). If the court determines that the plaintiff is unable to pay the full filing fee at the 

time of filing, the plaintiff will be granted leave to proceed IFP. This means that the filing fee 

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must be paid by way of an installment plan, according to which the court first will assess and 

collect a partial filing fee from the prisoner, and then the prisoner will be required to make 

monthly payments of twenty percent of the preceding month’s income credited to Plaintiff’s 

account until the full $350.00 filing fee is paid. Id. § 1915(b)(1). The agency having custody of 

the prisoner is responsible for forwarding to the court payments from Plaintiff’s account each time 

the amount in the account exceeds ten dollars. See id.

Therefore, before the Court will proceed to review the complaint Plaintiff is hereby 

ORDERED to file copies of the Certificate of Funds and prisoner trust account statement. 

Plaintiff shall do so within twenty-eight (28) days of the date of this Order.

Plaintiff has been given multiple chances to file copies of his Certificate of Funds and 

prisoner trust account statement; therefore, the failure to file the aforementioned documents as 

ordered herein by the twenty-eight-day deadline shall result in the dismissal of this action 

without prejudice.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:

______________________________________

YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS

United States District Judge

March 31, 2015

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