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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

THOMAS VINCENT HELEAN, No. CIV S-06-1321-DFL-CMK-P

Plaintiff, 

vs. ORDER

JEFFREY GORDER, et al.,

Defendants.

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Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action pursuant

to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the court are plaintiff’s applications for leave to proceed in

forma pauperis (Docs. 5 & 8). As to plaintiff’s first application, plaintiff did not submit a

certified copy of his jail trust account statement for the six-month period immediately preceding

the filing of the complaint. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). Plaintiff was provided the opportunity

to submit a certified copy of his trust account statement or the appropriate filing fee. Plaintiff’s

second application suffers from the same defect. On August 17, 2006, the court issued an order

providing plaintiff an additional opportunity to either pay the filing fees or submit a certified

copy of his trust account statement. 

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In response to the August 17, 2006, order plaintiff submitted a letter indicating

that he is having trouble obtaining the certified trust account statement from jail officials. 

Plaintiff asks that, if there is a particular form that he needs to submit, the court forward such

form to him. Plaintiff is advised that there is no court-approved form for a certified trust account

statement. Typically, such statements are printed out by the prison or jail officials and certified

by those officials with a stamp and signature as being accurate. Any trust account statement

certified by officials as accurate will suffice. 

To the extent plaintiff seeks an additional court form application to proceed in

forma pauperis, the Clerk of the Court will be directed to send plaintiff the form. The court will

also sua sponte extend the deadline for plaintiff to comply with the court’s August 17, 2006,

order to 30 days from the date of this order.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The Clerk of the Court is directed to forward to plaintiff a copy of the

court’s form application to proceed in forma pauperis by a prisoner; and

2. Within 30 days of the date of this order, plaintiff shall either pay the full

filing fee for this action or submit a certified copy of his trust account statement.

DATED: September 5, 2006.

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CRAIG M. KELLISON

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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